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Category : Indigenous peoples
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Transcripts Northwest Territories
Author: Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Transcripts Northwest Territories
Author: Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Transcripts Northwest Territories
Author: Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Transcripts Northwest Territories
Author: Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Author: Canada. Royal Commission on Aboriginal PeoplesPublisher:
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Aboriginal and Treaty Rights in Canada
Author: Michael AschPublisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774842334
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
In the last two decades there has been positive change in how the Canadian legal system defines Aboriginal and treaty rights. Yet even after the recognition of those rights in the Constitution Act of 1982, the legacy of British values and institutions as well as colonial doctrine still shape how the legal system identifies and interprets Aboriginal and treaty rights. The eight essays in Aboriginal and Treaty Rights in Canada focus on redressing this bias. All of them apply contemporary knowledge of historical events as well as current legal and cultural theory in an attempt to level the playing field. The book highlights rich historical information that previous scholars may have overlooked. Of particular note are data relevant to better understanding the political and legal relations established by treaty and the Royal Proclamation of 1763. Other essays include discussion of such legal matters as the definition of Aboriginal rights and the privileging of written over oral testimony in litigation.
Un/Covering the North
Author: Valerie AliaPublisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774842113
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Despite setbacks and cutbacks, Canada leads the world in northern and Aboriginal communications. This book provides a comprehensive survey of communications in the circumpolar region, focusing on the Canadian Arctic and sub-Arctic but also looking at the circumpolar North (Alaska, Siberia, Greenland, and the Nordic/Saami nations). Radio, television, magazines, newspapers, and web sites are all covered. As technologies and access improve, Aboriginal people are increasingly taking control of their own representation and consolidating their presence in northern media. Alia concludes that Canada will maintain its leadership in northern communications in the years ahead, given the topic's far-reaching importance and international context.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Transcripts New Brunswick
Author: Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Transcripts New Brunswick
Author: Environmental Justice and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Author: Laura WestraPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136566864
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
More than 300 million people in over 70 countries make up the worlds indigenous populations. Yet despite ever-growing pressures on their lands, environment and way of life through outside factors such as climate change and globalization, their rights in these and other respects are still not fully recognized in international law. In this incisive book, Laura Westra deftly reveals the lethal effects that damage to ecological integrity can have on communities. Using examples in national and international case law, she demonstrates how their lack of sufficient legal rights leaves indigenous peoples defenceless, time and again, in the face of governments and businesses who have little effective incentive to consult with them (let alone gain their consent) in going ahead with relocations, mining plans and more. The historical background and current legal instruments are discussed and, through examples from the Americas, Africa, Oceania and the special case of the Arctic, a picture emerges of how things must change if indigenous communities are to survive. It is a warning to us all from the example of those who live most closely in tune with nature and are the first to feel the impact when environmental damage goes unchecked.