RE: RE: all frank needs to do Huh James you have not got a clue. Each FN is an independent government simple enough for you? What you just said was that if Bombardier wanted to sell a rail car to the US government they would have to get the Canadian government to negotiate the deal. Now does that not sound wrong? Then again the US government would have to pay in bullion and in advance please.
The Canadian government back in the day used the divide and conquer technique when writing treaties now it's biting them in the a*$. Matawa, Nishnawbe Aski Nation and the Assembly of FN are loose governing organizations, the final decision rests with each Band. No first nation can make a decision for another FN without consent. The larger organizations can suggest a course of action but they can not impose a decision. Look at these larger organizations as a true UN without the security council. The true catch word here is independence.