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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... person seeking our advice was the undersecretary - general of the United Nations . We sat down in a circle and talked about the world's problems . When we had a statement ready , the elders sent it to the United Nations General Assembly ...
... person demand that the federal government recognize his aboriginal rights , or must those rights be demanded by the First Nation to which the individual belongs ? Does an aboriginal person have special rights by reason of being ...
... person might have and those he has by virtue of membership in a First Nation . Could an individual aboriginal person ... persons in all parts of Canada ? Can a Micmac demand , as an aboriginal right , that the federal government permit ...
... person or persons and exploited for profit is basic to the system . The European political and legal systems have been developed to reflect this concept of the land . Many European and Canadian laws have to do with regulating private ...
... person to whom the land was granted . Only that person could register the scrip in exchange for the land selected . Because they lacked information and knowledge about the land scrip system most Metis never registered the scrip ; most ...
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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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