Part 4 - Structures of Government
First Nation
- All the authority of a First Nation rests with e-dbendaagzijig.
- Each First Nation shall have First Nation gchi-naaknigewin.
- E-dbendaagzijig may determine the powers and duties of their government in First
Nation gchi-naaknigewin.
- Each First Nation shall exercise its authority through eniigaanzijig and congress.
- Eniigaanzijig shall exercise legislative powers until the congress is established.
- First Nation gchi-naaknigewin shall provide for, among other things, the:
- exercise of the executive and legislative powers and duties;
- establishment of, and eligibility and method of selection for eniigaanzijig and
congress;
- procedure for amending First Nation gchi-naaknigewin;
- procedure for making and publishing First Nation laws, and providing access to
those laws to any person;
- decision making by e-dbendaagzijig;
- process for the delegation of authority;
- system of reporting, including financial accountability, through which eniigaanzijig
and congress shall be accountable to e-dbendaagzijig on a basis comparable to
standards generally accepted for governments in Canada;
- eligibility criteria for the determination of e-dbendaagzijig, and a mechanism for
reviewing decisions on the determination of e-dbendaagzijig;
- eligibility and method of selection of the public official representing the First
Nation on the Grand Council if other than Gimaa or Gimaakwe;
- rules, regulations and procedures with respect to the development, conservation,
protection, management, use, possession and disposition of First Nation land; and
- rules to address conflict of interest of public officials.
- For greater certainty, each First Nation may make laws in respect of those matters which
are also to be provided for in First Nation gchi-naaknigewin.
- First Nation gchi-naaknigewin shall not be inconsistent with this Agreement.
United Anishnaabeg Councils
- All the authority of the United Anishnaabeg Councils rests with e-dbendaagzijig.
- The United Anishnaabeg Councils shall have United Anishnaabeg Councils
gchi-naaknigewin.
- E-dbendaagzijig may determine the powers and duties of the United Anishnaabeg
Councils in United Anishnaabeg Councils gchi-naaknigewin.
- The United Anishnaabeg Councils shall exercise only the authority delegated to it by the
First Nations. The United Anishnaabeg Councils shall execute its authority through the
Grand Council.
- United Anishnaabeg Councils gchi-naaknigewin shall provide for, among other things,
the:
- role of the Grand Council;
- administration, operation and internal management of the United Anishnaabeg
Councils;
- rules to address conflict of interest of public officials;
- procedure for amending United Anishnaabeg Councils gchi-naaknigewin;
- procedure for making and publishing First Nation laws, and providing access to
those laws to any person; and
- system of reporting, including financial accountability, through which the United
Anishnaabeg Councils shall be accountable to the First Nations and
e-dbendaagzijig on a basis comparable to standards generally accepted for
governments in Canada.
- United Anishnaabeg Councils gchi-naaknigewin shall not be inconsistent with this
Agreement.
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