Winnipeg’s First Urban Reserve & Long Plain First Nation’s Economic Development

Abstract

In the long run, the urban reserve might give the band the means to increase its governmental autonomy and reinforce its sovereignty. Since it increases the bands' territorial jurisdiction at the expense of the federal, provincial and municipal governments, it is also the source of a power struggle between them. [...]it demonstrates that the conversion to reserve of the parcel in Winnipeg takes place within a larger strategy implemented by the band and how it participates in achieving the latter's goals. [...]this article addresses the obstacles left to face for the success of this strategy. [...]Long Plain has been in the process of adopting a land code since January 2012 to enter the First Nation Land Management Regime.