DCHP-2

adhesion DCHP-2 (September 2016)

• 1 n. — Aboriginal, especially First Nations

  an agreement between an Aboriginal group and the federal government to join an existing treaty agreed to by another Aboriginal group or groups.

  Type: 3. Semantic Change — In the Canadian context, the term has specialized from the more general sense 'formal declaration of intent to abide by the terms of a treaty, join a political or economic union' (see the OED-3, s.v. "adhesion" (1c)) to refer to treaties with Aboriginal bands. The term is most frequently used in Canada (see Chart 1).
  See also COD-2, s.v. "adhesion" (6), which was the first dictionary to mark this meaning "Cdn".

  See also: treaty (meaning 1a)  

  • Treaties are only signed with the Crown (the federal government), yet provincial governments often play a role in the negotiations.

• 2 in compounds, e.g. adhesion agreement — Aboriginal, especially First Nations

  See meaning 1.

  Type: 3. Semantic Change — See meaning 1.