Indigenous Canada’s Complicated Relationship With Elections

First Nations protests for indigenous Canada peoples has challenged relationship with the state | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Perry Bellegarde, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, is urging his people to vote in record numbers in the Oct. 19 federal election to help close the gap with non-indigenous Canadians — while admitting he has not yet decided whether he will cast his own ballot. Q: First Nations people have historically low voter…