Are We Atoning for Our Past or Creating More Problems: How COVID-19 Legislative Relief Laws Are Shaping the Identities of Indigenous Populations in North America

This student’s note will attempt to answer three questions: 1) How Canadian and American legal precedent affects the modern identity of Indigenous Populations? 2) How COVID-19 legislative relief continues to shape indigenous identities? and 3) Can a comparative study teach legislators about enacting legislation that withstands shifts in political climates?