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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... Tribal Philosophies and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms 165 Historical and Contemporary Legal and Judicial Philosophies on Aboriginal Rights Introduction 183 JAMES YOUNGBLOOD HENDERSON The Doctrine of Aboriginal Rights in ...
... Tribal Traditions and European - Western Political Ideologies : The Dilemma of Canada's Native Indians 333 Epilogue 347 Appendices Royal Proclamation of 1763 ( excerpt ) 357 A Declaration of the First Nations ( 1981 ) 359 Metis ...
... tribal territories . It was the unauthorized violation of these rights that led to the unrest which prompted the Royal Proclamation of 1763 . That document , the first written constitutional document for British North America ...
... tribes have legal rights to possess their tribal territories . What Does It Mean to Be a Nation ? Our aboriginal right allows us to determine our future as the Nishnawbe - Aski Nation . What does it mean to be a nation ? In 1977 , an ...
... tribes only serves to reinforce the assumption of a deliberate policy to divide and confound Indian people . It must be remembered that the ultimate goal of the Canadian government's Indian legislation has always been the integration or ...
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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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