The Quest for Justice: Aboriginal Peoples and Aboriginal RightsMenno Boldt, J. Anthony Long University of Toronto Press, 1985 M12 15 - 463 páginas This collection of many voices develops more deeply and exhaustively the issues raised in the editors’ earlier volume, Pathways to Self-Determination. It contains some twenty-three papers from representatives of the aboriginal people’s organizations, of governments, and of a variety of academic disciplines, along with introductions and an epilogue by the editors and appendices of the key constitutional documents from 1763. The contributors represent a broad cross-section of tribal, geographic, and organizational perspectives. They discuss constitutional questions such as land rights, the concerns of Metis, non-status Indians, and Inuit; and native rights in broad contexts – historical, legal/constitutional, political, regional, and international. The issue of aboriginal rights and of what these rights mean in terms of land and sovereignty has become increasingly important on the Canadian political agenda. The constitutional conferences between government and aboriginal peoples have revealed the gulf between what each side means by aboriginal rights: for the Indians these rights are meaningless without sovereign self-government, an idea the federal and provincial governments are not willing to entertain. Somewhere in the middle lies the concept of nationhood status. Ultimately, the aboriginal peoples are asking for justice from the dominant society around them; if it is denied or felt to be denied, the editors conclude, the consequences for the Canadian self-concept would be costly and debilitating. The twenty-four contributors provide a find guide to this profound and complex problem, whose solution depends on our understanding and our political wisdom. |
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... legislative and administrative initiatives designed to enlarge the Indian peoples ' autonomy and capacity to manage their own affairs . The underlying assumption of these initiatives was that increased Indian self - government would ...
... legislative jurisdiction of the provincial governments and in some cases of the territorial governments . With one notable exception , they have been treated like other Canadian citizens ; the exception is in Alberta , where a group of ...
... legislative initiatives on sexual equality and self - govern- ment that they have had small part in framing , that many Indian leaders oppose , and that are proving divisive to them and to their relationships with non - status Indians ...
... legislation which operated notwithstanding the Indian Act . The federal government also permitted settlers to obtain title as well as to enjoy use and occupation of Indian land by failing to protect Indian interests . Currently , a ...
... legislation that has been enacted since the coming of the Europeans to North America . Legislation Affecting Aboriginal Rights The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was passed in the British Parliament because of the struggles between Indians ...
Contenido
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BRIAN SLATTERY | 114 |
SALLY WEAVER | 139 |
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE PIERRE ELLIOTT TRUDEAU | 148 |
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE BRIAN MULRONEY | 157 |
MENNO BOLDT AND J ANTHONY LONG | 165 |
Introduction | 183 |
WILLIAM B HENDERSON | 221 |
THOMAS FLANAGAN | 230 |
Peoples | 363 |
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The Quest for Justice: Aboriginal Peoples and Aboriginal Rights Menno Boldt,J. Anthony Long,Leroy Little Bear Vista previa limitada - 1985 |
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