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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... Rights of the Aboriginal Peoples of the Continent of North America I want to deal in this paper with our ... treaty signed under these procedures was in 1956 , the Soto adhesion to Treaty # 6 . Areas remain today in Ontario for which no ...
... treaty as of 1867 , which for Ontario comprised by far the greater part of ... rights in their patrimony . To violate these documents is to compromise the ... rights of the Indian peoples are of constitutional signifi- cance . Yet , these ...
... Rights The Honourable Jean Chrétien had these words to say about aboriginal and treaty rights : ' We will honour our lawful obligations to the aboriginal people . ' Precisely what did he mean ? He meant that Canada has obligations to ...
... rights as aboriginal people . But because of the existence of these treaty agreements the federal government finds itself in a difficult position when it attempts to do away with our rights . The Indian treaties with the crown are real ...
... treaty rights because of the work of our women . Their contribution must not be ignored . So too , the contributions ... treaty Indians , must continue to work together toward achieving our aboriginal and treaty rights . We will never ...
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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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