" .. Federal Government's long-standing policy of incentivizing Aboriginals away from property rights and away from assimilation into modern Canada ."
The "incentivising" is largely a matter of the Indian Act Industry led by the Reserve Powers That Be .. not the ROC. Methinks the ROC wold just a soon that the Indian Act be abolished, abrogated ... whatever, and the $$ billions spent instead on transitioning the FN into our diverse society.