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    It is not the case that Dismissing settler-state engagement risks abandoning material gains in land rights, resource sovereignty, and treaty enforcement won through legal recognition.

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    • 1.Engagement legitimizes settler-state authority and legal systems built on dispossession, potentially constraining more transformative claims to sovereignty.
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    • 2.Material gains won through state recognition remain conditional and revocable, dependent on state willingness to honor commitments without independent enforcement power.
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    • 3.The opportunity costs of institutional engagement may exceed its returns: resources spent on litigation and negotiation could fund autonomous Indigenous institutions instead.
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    • 1.Legal frameworks have secured concrete outcomes: land returns, resource revenues, and enforcement mechanisms that benefit Indigenous communities materially.
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    • 2.Withdrawing from institutional engagement removes leverage to defend existing gains against erosion through regulatory changes or unfavorable court decisions.
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    • 3.Incremental legal victories create precedent and infrastructure that future movements can build upon, multiplying collective power over time.
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