The Quest for justice: aboriginal peoples and aboriginal rights

The Quest for justice: aboriginal peoples and aboriginal rights

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Edition Details

• Creators or Attribution (Responsibility): Menno Boldt, J. Anthony Long, Leroy Little Bear
• Language: English
• Jurisdiction(s): Ontario
• Publication Information: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1985
• Publication Type (Medium): Aufsatzsammlung
• Type: Book
• Permalink: https://books.lawi.ca/the-quest-for-justice-aboriginal-peoples-and-aboriginal-rights/ (Stable identifier)

Additional Format

Online version: Quest for justice. Toronto ; Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, ©1985 (OCoLC)763674070

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VIII, 406 pages : map ; 24 cm

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Bibliographic information

• Responsable Person: edited by Menno Boldt and J. Anthony Long in association with Leroy Little Bear.
• Publication Date: 1985
• Copyright Date: 1985
• Location: Toronto
• Country/State: Ontario
• Number of Editions: 15 editions
• First edition Date: 1985
• Last edition Date: 1996
• Languages: English
• Library of Congress Code: KE7709
• Dewey Code: 323.1197071
• ISBN: 0802025722 9780802025722 0802065899 9780802065896
• OCLC: 14002449

Main Contents

Preface
Introduction
1. Political and philosophical perspectives on Aboriginal Rights by Indian, Inuit, and Metis leaders
Traditional native philosophies relating to Aboriginal Rights / Oren Lyons
Aboriginal Title and Aboriginal Rights: the impossible and unnecessary task of identification and definition / David Ahenakew
A treatise of the rights of the Aboriginal peoples of the continent of North America / Fred Plain
Identification and definition of our Treaty and Aboriginal Rights / Chief John Snow
The Inuit perspective on Aboriginal Rights / Peter Ittinuar
Aboriginal Rights and land issues: the Metis perspective / Clem Chartier
Aboriginal Rights: The non-status Indian perspective / Bill Wilson
2. Aboriginal Rights in teh constitutional and policy-making process
Introduction
Aboriginal Rights in the constitutional process / Roy Romanow
An Alberta perspective on Aboriginal peoples and the Constitution / Richard Dalon
The hidden constitution: Aboriginal Rights in Canada / Brian Slattery
Federal difficulties with Aboriginal Rights demands / Sally Weaver
Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada to the Conference of First Ministers on the Rights of Aboriginal Peoples / The Right Honourable Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Notes for an opening statement the Conference of First Ministers on the Rights of Aboriginal Peoples / The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney
Tribal philosophies and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms / Menno Boldt and J. Anthony Long
3. Historical and contemporary legal and Judicial philosophies on Aboriginal Rights
Introduction
The doctrine of Aboriginal Rights in western legal tradition / James Youngblood Henderson
Canadian legal and judicial philosophies on the doctrine of Aboriginal Rights / William B. Henderson
Metis Aboriginal Rights: some historical and contemporary problems / Thomas Flanagan
4. Negotiated and Supranational Approaches to securing Aboriginal Rights
Introduction
The politics of Native claims in northern Canada / Gurston Dacks
Aboriginal Rights: The James Bay experience / Billy Diamond
Using mediation to resolve disputes over Aboriginal Rights: a case study / Leon Mitchell
Aboriginal Rights: the search for recognition in international law /Douglas Sanders
Fourth world wars: indigenous nationalism and the emerging new international political order / Rudolph Ryser
5. Aboriginal Rights and Indian Government
Introduction
Aboriginal Rights and the Penner Report on Indian self-government / Paul Tennant
Tribal traditions and European-Western political ideologies: the dilemma of Canada's Native Indians / Menno Boldt and J. Anthony Long
Epilogue
Appendices A. Royal Proclamation of 1763 (excerpt)
B.A Declaration of the First Nations (1981)
C. Metis Declaration of Rights
D. First Ministers' Accord Pertaining to Aboriginal Peoples in the Constitution, November 1981 (excerpt)
E. Sections of the Constitution Act, 1982, Pertaining to Aboriginal Peoples
F. Resolution to Amend the Consitution Act, 1982 (1983)
G. Proposed Consitutional Accord on the Rights of the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada (1984)
H. Indian Treaty Areas
I. First Ministers' Conference on Aboriginal Constitutional Matters: Proposed Accord Relating to the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada (1985).

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
• Constitutional law
• Indians of North America–Legal status, laws, etc

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