Tribal / National Identities

A final way of identifying CAP's constituency is by their National and Tribal organization. CAP represents Aboriginal Peoples organized in a variety of ways including political communities of interest. The membership of the AFN is usually defined in terms of Indian Act bands and their elected or appointed Chiefs. In some cases reserve based communities constitute the majority of a band's membership, but in most cases Indian Act bands are controlled by reserve residents - an essentially municipal formulation that is increasingly being challenged by large numbers of off-reserve Indians.

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