On being here to stay : treaties and Aboriginal rights in Canada
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On being here to stay : treaties and Aboriginal rights in Canada
University of Toronto Press, c2014
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Available at 2 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-202) and index
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Description
What, other than numbers and power, justifies Canada's assertion of sovereignty and jurisdiction over the country's vast territory? Why should Canada's original inhabitants have to ask for rights to what was their land when non-Aboriginal people first arrived? The question lurks behind every court judgment on Indigenous rights, every demand that treaty obligations be fulfilled, and every land-claims negotiation. Addressing these questions has occupied anthropologist Michael Asch for nearly thirty years. In On Being Here to Stay, Asch retells the story of Canada with a focus on the relationship between First Nations and settlers. Asch proposes a way forward based on respecting the "spirit and intent" of treaties negotiated at the time of Confederation, through which, he argues, First Nations and settlers can establish an ethical way for both communities to be here to stay.
Table of Contents
Prologue Chapter 1: Overview Chapter 2: Aboriginal Rights and the Canadian Constitution Chapter 3: Aboriginal Rights and Temporal Priority Chapter 4: Aboriginal Rights and Self-Determination Chapter 5: Treaty Relations Chapter 6: Treaties and Co-Existence Chapter 7: Treaties and Sharing Chapter 8: Spirit and Intent Chapter 9: Setting the Record Straight Appendix I: Proportionality Appendix II: Treaty Map Notes References
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