In the reading by Thomas Flanagan, “Native Sovereignty: Does Anyone Really Want an Aboriginal Archipelago?” explains his point of view based on Natives not gaining sovereignty. “Hunting-gathering societies have political processes that assign rank and dominance within communities” (Flanagan, pp. 43), as argued by Flanagan, native 's hunting-gathering societies practice out of period political processes. Flanagan claims that Natives cannot have their own structure of government and this is why it wouldn’t make sense for Natives to want a sovereign state. Natives have a huge variety of people – particularly, there are over 700,000 status Indians, who belong to over 600 Indian bands spread on more than 2,200 reserves. Hundred of thousands Metis and non-status Indians live outside who do not posses reserves. Natives are divided into certain categories; for example, they may classify themselves by language, customs, religion and history. Flanagan suggests that there are many types of
In the reading by Thomas Flanagan, “Native Sovereignty: Does Anyone Really Want an Aboriginal Archipelago?” explains his point of view based on Natives not gaining sovereignty. “Hunting-gathering societies have political processes that assign rank and dominance within communities” (Flanagan, pp. 43), as argued by Flanagan, native 's hunting-gathering societies practice out of period political processes. Flanagan claims that Natives cannot have their own structure of government and this is why it wouldn’t make sense for Natives to want a sovereign state. Natives have a huge variety of people – particularly, there are over 700,000 status Indians, who belong to over 600 Indian bands spread on more than 2,200 reserves. Hundred of thousands Metis and non-status Indians live outside who do not posses reserves. Natives are divided into certain categories; for example, they may classify themselves by language, customs, religion and history. Flanagan suggests that there are many types of