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Industry and First Nation governments frequently contract with each other on the basis that the signature of the Chief, or Chief and Council, is the only requirement to create a binding legal obligation of the First Nation government.  In some instances, a band council resolution is requested as additional evidence of authorization, and in others community ratification vote.  Is this enough to ensure that a contract between industry and a First Nation government is legally binding? Maybe not.

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