The aboriginal people of Australia, Canada, and New Zealand became minorities in their own countries in the nineteenth century. The expanding British Empire had its own vision for the future of these peoples, which was expressed in 1837 by the Select Committee on Aborigines of t…
The aboriginal people of Australia, Canada, and New Zealand became minorities in their own countries in the nineteenth century. The expanding British Empire had its own vision for the future of these peoples. They were to become civilized, Christian, and citizens - in a word, as…
"Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens is the first comprehensive account of Indian-white relations throughout Canada's history. J.R. Miller charts the deterioration of the relationship from the initial, mutually beneficial contact in the fur trade to the current impasse in which Indians…
"New analysis of this controversial and rapidly developing area of law by one of the foremost scholars in the field. Provides a compelling account of the evolution of the concept of aboriginal title from its appearance in the early 1980s to its acceptance in contemporary legal t…
"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 doctri…
"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 doctri…
Douglas L. Bland predicts a forthcoming uprising in Canada from the First Nations communities unless government action is taken to redress their grievances.
"Time Bomb is a vital wake-up call. Bland highlights the importance of understanding the social and economic foundations of the current unease between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples and provides constructive guidance for both alike on how to turn the current uneasy relati…
"It can start with a knock on the door one morning. It is the local Indian agent, or the parish priest, or, perhaps, a Mounted Police officer ... The officials have arrived and the children must go." So began the school experience of many Indigenous children in Canada for more t…
?Between 2008 and 2015, the TRC provided opportunities for individuals, families, and communities to share their experiences of residential schools and released several reports based on 7000 survivor statements and five million documents from government, churches, and schools, a…
Constitutional amendment, rather than treaties are the best path to Aboriginal self-government in Canada, argues Toronto-base Aboriginal lawyer Russell. Though treaties have been the preoccupation of provincial and federal governments since 1982, he looks at the notion of tribal…
"In this book, Dan Russell argues that Aboriginal self-government is an attainable objective best achieved through a constitutional amendment, not through treaties, as has been the preoccupation of provincial and federal governments since 1982. He claims that reliance on treatie…