Book
Home and native land : aboriginal rights and the Canadian constitution
Record details
- ISBN: 0458973807 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780458973804
- ISBN: 0458973807
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Physical Description:
x, 156 pages ; 23 cm
print - Publisher: Toronto : Methuen, [1984]
- Copyright: ©1984
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-153) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue -- 1. Introduction: a problem defined -- Aboriginal Peoples -- Existing aboriginal rights -- Conclusions and summary of chapters -- 2. Contemporary native life: image and realities -- Introduction -- The Dene -- Some comparisons -- Conclusions -- 3. Aboriginal rights: the view of aboriginal peoples -- Definition of aboriginal rights -- Summary and conclusion -- 4. The discovery of aboriginal rights in the law -- English colonial law and ethnocentrism -- The acquisition of a new territory -- The Canadian situation -- Conclusions: aboriginal rights and the law -- 5. The evolution of federal policy on aboriginal rights -- Land acquisition policy prior to the Calder case -- State acknowledgement of a native interest -- The government view of the content of the native interest -- Claims policy after the Calder case -- The native interest: post-Calder -- Summary -- Conclusions: Current policy and its evolution -- 6. Aboriginal rights in the context of Canadian democracy -- Some characteristics of liberal-democracy -- Ethnonational political rights in Belgium and Switzerland -- Ethnonational political rights in Canada -- Conclusions -- 7. From theory to practice -- The southern approach -- The approach of the Northwest Territories -- Nunavut: the perspective of the Nunavut Constitutional Forum -- Denendeh: the perspective of the Dene nation and the Metis Association -- Reconciling the proposals with Canadian political ideology -- Conclusions -- Appendix A. Constitutional act, 1982 -- B. The Royal Proclamation -- C. Treaty no. 4 -- D. A comparison of provincial powers and the powers of Indian bands under the Indian Act -- E. Declaration of the First Nation -- F. Metis declaration of rights -- G. Dene declaration -- H. Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples -- I. International covenant on the rights of indigenous peoples -- J. Proposed 1984 Constitutional accord on the rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada -- K. A guide to further reading |
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| Topic Heading: | Indigenous. First Nations Canada. |
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- 3 of 4 copies available at University College of the North Libraries.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Pas Campus Library | E 92 .A82 1984 (Text) | 58500000007567 | Stacks | Volume hold | In transit | - |
| The Pas Campus Library | E 92 .A82 1984 (Text) | 58500000397174 | Stacks | Available | - | |
| Thompson Campus Library | E 92 .A82 1988 (Text) | 38500000272992 | Indigenous Reference | Not holdable | Available | - |
| UCN/Norway House Public Library | E 92 .A82 1984 c.1 (Text) | 58500000160960 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |
