Indigenous Peoples

Indigenous peoples around the world are seeking greater control over tangible and intangible cultural heritage. In Canada, issues concerning repatriation and trade of material culture, heritage site protection, treatment of ancestral remains, and control...

The struggle for voting rights was not limited to African Americans in the South. American Indians also faced discrimination at the polls and still do today. This book explores their fight for equal voting rights and carefully documents how non-Indian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922059093Author Virginia MarshallFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Aboriginal Studies PressPublisher Aboriginal Studies PressWeight(grams) 460g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733280518Author Timothy Noble Drew AliFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Califa Media PublishingPublisher Califa Media PublishingWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781955645263Author Stanley VastFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Stanley VastPublisher Stanley VastWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 10mm

This book provides a definitive account of the creation and rise of the international Indigenous Peoples' movement.In the late 1970s, motivated by their dire situation and local struggles, and inspired by worldwide movements for social justice and...

Tribal Criminal Law and Procedure examines complex Indian nations' tribal justice systems, analyzing tribal statutory law, tribal case law, and the cultural values of Native peoples. Using tribal court opinions and tribal codes, it reveals how tribal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781955645478Author Stanley VastFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Stanley VastPublisher Stanley VastWeight(grams) 245g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781955645058Author Stanley VastFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Stanley VastPublisher Stanley VastWeight(grams) 152g

In Daniels v. Canada the Supreme Court determined that Metis and non-status Indians were "Indians" under section 91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867, one of a number of court victories that has powerfully shaped Metis relationships with the...

In Daniels v. Canada the Supreme Court determined that Metis and non-status Indians were 'Indians' under section 91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867, one of a number of court victories that has powerfully shaped Metis relationships with the federal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998694771Author Tamara StarblanketFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Clarity PressPublisher Clarity PressWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

In the landmark decision of Guerin v. the Queen in 1984, the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed that Canada has a duty to act in the best interests of Aboriginal peoples. This book tells the story of the federal government's breach of that duty toward the...

A pressing issue today is how to compensate Aboriginal peoples for the infringement of their rights. Aboriginal rights include more than a title; within the fiduciary relationship between the federal government and Aboriginal peoples is the issue of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839989223Author Joseph F. C. DiMentoFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Anthem PressPublisher Anthem Press

Polar Shift addresses how to sustain the Arctic's richness, beauty, and local and global value. It describes programs specifically created to protect this region: the great inventory of law, policy, and civil society activity targeting sustainability of...

Can Canada claim to be a just society for Indigenous peoples? To answer this question, and as part of the process of reconciliation, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission urged a better understanding of Aboriginal law for all Canadians. Aboriginal...

This book is vital reading for everyone involved in Aboriginal law or title, for legal historians and scholars, and for anyone interested in Indigenous rights in Canada.Book InformationISBN 9780774861052Author Kent McNeilFormat HardbackPage Count...

This book will be of interest to scholars and students of law, Aboriginal studies, the social and political sciences, postcolonial studies, and identity politics.Book InformationISBN 9780774832380Author Dimitrios PanagosFormat HardbackPage Count...

In a 1994 decision known as Howard, the Supreme Court of Canada held that the Aboriginal signatories to the 1923 Williams Treaties had knowingly given up not only their title to off-reserve lands but also their treaty rights to hunt and fish for food. No...

In the late nineteenth century, the English legal historians Frederick Pollock and F.W. Maitland coined the phrase "the grand experiment" to describe the spread of English law throughout the British Empire. For Pollock and Maitland, this was an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385670401Author Christie BlatchfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 340g

This book, the first of its kind, comprehensively explores Native American claims against the United States government over the past two centuries. Despite the federal government's multiple attempts to redress indigenous claims, a close examination...

In 1888, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ruled in St. Catherine's Milling and Lumber Company v. The Queen, a case involving the Saulteaux people's land rights in Ontario. This precedent-setting case would define the legal contours of...

This book will appeal to anyone interested in the Metis Nation and Indigenous self-government, including scholars in Political Science, Indigenous Studies, and Public Policy as well as government officials and the general public.Book InformationISBN...

The sacred sites of indigenous peoples are under increasing threat worldwide as a result of state appropriation of control over ancestral territories, coupled with insatiable demands on lands, waters, and natural resources. Yet because they spiritually...

For the Gitksan and Witsuwit'en peoples of northwest British Columbia, the land is invested with meaning that goes beyond simple notions of property or sustenance. Considered both a food box and a storage box of history and wealth, the land plays a...

The 1980s was a time of significant social, political and cultural change. In Australia, the law was pivotal to these changes. The two High Court cases that this book explores - Koowarta v Bjelke-Petersen (1982) and the Tasmanian Dams case (1983) - are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780226608594Author Justin B RichlandFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint University of Chicago PressPublisher The University of Chicago PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640209138Author William C. Canby Jr.Format PaperbackPage Count 659Imprint West Academic PressPublisher West Academic PublishingWeight(grams) 530g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781772013825Author Lorraine WeirFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Talon Books,CanadaPublisher Talon Books,CanadaWeight(grams) 725g

.Book InformationISBN 9780367693978Author Ranjan DattaFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of legal theory, Aboriginal law, and Native studies and to anyone who wants a deeper understanding of Aboriginal land rights in Canada and around the world.Book InformationISBN 9780774821858Author...

As many Indigenous communities return to self-governance and self-determination, they are taking their own approaches to property rights and community development. Based on case studies in four Indigenous communities - the Westbank, Membertou, Nisga'a,...

The sacred sites of indigenous peoples are under increasing threat worldwide as a result of state appropriation of control over ancestral territories, coupled with insatiable demands on lands, waters, and natural resources. Of late, First Nations in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925377248Author Rani KerinFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Monash University PublishingPublisher Monash University PublishingWeight(grams) 350g

Protecting Traditional Knowledge examines the emerging international frameworks for the protection of Indigenous traditional knowledge, and presents an analysis situated at the intersection between intellectual property, access and benefit sharing, and...

In 1982, after decades of determined mobilization by Aboriginal groups and their allies, the government of Canada formally recognized Aboriginal rights within its Constitution. The move reflected a consensus that states should and could use...

This book is an interdisciplinary study of struggles for indigenous self-determination and the recognition of indigenous' territorial rights in Latin America. Studies of indigenous peoples' opposition to extractive industries have tended to focus on its...

It is well-known that there is a complicated relationship between Native American tribes and the US government. Relations between tribes and the government are dominated by the principle known as the "Federal-Indian Trust Relationship." The key aspect of...