Justice for natives: searching for common ground

Justice for natives: searching for common ground

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Edition Details

• Creators or Attribution (Responsibility): I. Cotler, Andrea P. Morrison, InterAmicus
• Language: English
• Jurisdiction(s): Québec (Province)
• Publication Information: Montreal [Que.] : Published for InterAmicus, McGill University, Faculty of law by McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1997
• Publication Type (Medium): Electronic books, Congrès
• Material: Conference publication, Document, Internet resource
• Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
• Permalink: https://books.lawi.ca/justice-for-natives-searching-for-common-ground/ (Stable identifier)

Additional Format

Print version: Justice for natives. Montreal ; Buffalo: Published for InterAmicus, McGill University, Faculty of Law by McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1997 (DLC) 98186068

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Bibliographic information

• Responsable Person: edited by Andrea P. Morrison with Irwin Cotler.
• Publication Date: 1997
• Copyright Date: 1997
• Location: Montreal Que.
• Country/State: Québec (Province)
• Number of Editions: 7 editions
• First edition Date: 1997
• Last edition Date: 1997
• General Notes: Edited papers from three conferences held at McGill University, Faculty of Law in 1990, 1991, and 1992.
• Languages: English
• Language Notes: Includes some text in French.
• Library of Congress Code: KE7708
• Dewey Code: 323.1197071
• ISBN: 9780773566705 0773566708
• OCLC: 181843811

Main Contents

Contents
Medicine Wheel
Photos
Introduction
1990 CONFLICT, SELF-DETERMINATION AND NATIVE PEOPLES: SEARCHING FOR COMMON GROUND
Opening Thanksgiving
Native Women and the Indian Act: The Struggle for Justice (The Robert S. Litvack Memorial Award)
Introduction
Award Presentation
Award Address
Award Address
Award Address
PANEL ONE: Native Self-determination and Justice
Native People within the Judicial System
L'administration de la justice dans la province de QuA??bec
Fairness and Partnership in Justice Systems The Incentive for Separate Justice SystemsQuestion Period
PANEL TWO: Aboriginal Title and Land Claims
Issues Raised by Aboriginal Title and Land Claims
Les droits ancestraux et les titres au Canada: A??volution ou rA??volution
The Recollection of Historical Practice
The Teme-Augama Anishnabay at Bear Island: Claiming our Homeland
Question Period
PANEL THREE: Self-Determination in the National and International Context
The International Community and Self-Determination
The Failure of International Law Canadian Policies for Native Self-GovernmentAn Assessment of the Federal Self-Government Policy
Question Period
Closing Thanksgiving
1991 LESSONS FROM OKA: FORGING A BETTER RELATIONSHIP
Opening Thanksgiving
PANEL ONE: The Path to Crisis: Origins of Conflict
Bringing the Constitution Home
Constitutional Alternatives: In Defence of the Imperial Model
The Legal Origins and Development of Aboriginal and Treaty Rights
Indian Policy in the United States
Question Period
PANEL TWO: The Current Picture: Progress or Impasse? Sovereignty and the Natural World EconomyDifferent Laws for Different People
A Practical Assessment of Litigation for Native Peoples
The Inherent Right to Self-Government
Question Period
PANEL THREE: Ways Forward: The Search for Just Solutions
Notes on Sovereignty
Systemic Approaches to a Changing World
James Bay II: A Call to Action
Question Period
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
A Time to Say No
Closing Thanksgiving
1992 JUSTICE FOR NATIVES?
PANEL ONE: Barriers to Justice
The Judiciary as Anthropologists
The Oka Trial Question PeriodPANEL TWO: Legal Issues: Continuing Relations
Crown Fiduciary Duties under the Indian Act
Towards a New Relationship between First Nations and Ontario
Question Period
PANEL THREE: Models for Change
Co-Management: Sharing the Land
A Cree System of Justice: Implementing Change in the Justice System
An Independent Native Judiciary
Question Period
EPILOGUE
Draft United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Bibliography

Structured Subjects (Headings):

• Canada
• Constitutional law
• Indians of North America–Civil rights
• Indians of North America–Government relations
• Indians of North America–Legal status, laws, etc

Unstructured Subjects (Headings):

• Canada
• Indians of North America–Legal status, laws, etc

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