Co-operative Planning Towarrd a Settlement of the Yukon Indian Claim: Document #1, Janury 21, 1977

Publisher:  The Planning Council of Yukon Indian Claims, Council for Yukon Indians, Canada
Year Published:  1977  
Pages:  4pp   Price:  free  
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX502

The Planning Council For Yukon Indian Claims is comprised of representatives of the Council for Yukon Indians, the Government of the Yukon Territory, and the Government of Canada.

Abstract:  The Planning Council For Yukon Indian Claims is comprised of representatives of the Council for Yukon Indians, the Government of the Yukon Territory, and the Government of Canada. This document outlines the new negotiating process that hopefully will end in a just settlement of Yukon Indian Land Claims. This negotiating process moves away from the old adversary, confrontation model (that had deadlocked part negotiations) to a new co-operative planning model. One major value of this co-operative model is that the three negotiating parties work together to refine general principals into specific objectives and goals.

The co-operative planning process works as follows: First, the Planning Council attempts to narrow down the range of subjects to be negotiated such as: eligibility, government structures, health and social structures, education and justice as they pertain to Yukon Indians, hunting and trapping, resource revenues, taxation, native economic development etc. The next step in the process is that technical working groups are established to study and report on the specific subject areas. The leadership and composition of the various working groups and their terms of reference would be decided by the planning council. The planning council, based largely on the research and reports of these working groups, will be able to debate and decide upon the means for the attainment of the goals of the Yukon Indians.

The co-operative planning process has many advantages. It permits all parties to work together to obtain and interpret all relevant data thus minimizing or eliminating the element of bluff. This negotiating process also produces a more balanced and "more complete range of options" for the planning council to consider and base its decision upon.