Indigenous Peoples

"Arguing with Tradition" is the first book to explore language and interaction within a contemporary Native American legal system. Grounded in Justin B. Richland's extensive field research on the Hopi Indian Nation of northeastern Arizona - on whose...

The essays in this volume reflect the exciting new directions in which legal history in the settler colonies of the British Empire has developed. The contributors show how local life and culture in selected settlements influenced, and was influenced by,...

In the 1950s, Indian Affairs concealed the lease terms of more than one-third of the Musqueam's reserve land to the Shaughnessy Heights Golf Club in Vancouver, BC. Justice for the Musqueam was finally achieved in 1984 with the release of Guerin v. the...

On 28 February 2006, the Six Nations of the Grand River blocked workers from entering a half-built housing development in southern Ontario. They renamed the land Kanonhstaton, "the protected place." The protest drew national and international attention...

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...

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,...

Indigenous Spiritualities and Religious Freedom investigates the complex relationship between Indigenous legal orders and Canadian law, emphasizing the richness of Indigenous spiritual practices alongside their historical and ongoing suppression by the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781039180987Author Christopher Joseph Great-Sky (Mcleod)Format HardbackPage Count 318Imprint FriesenPressPublisher FriesenPressWeight(grams) 621g

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Examining the restitution of cultural property to Indigenous Peoples in human rights law, this book offers a detailed analysis of the opportunities and constraints of international law as a tool of resistance and social transformation for marginalized...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789359953786Author Dobrizhoffer MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Double 9 BooksPublisher Double 9 BooksWeight(grams) 431g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781039180970Author Christopher Joseph Great-Sky (Mcleod)Format PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint FriesenPressPublisher FriesenPressWeight(grams) 467g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788119438860Author Pranav Chaturvedi ChaturvediFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Vij BooksPublisher Vij BooksWeight(grams) 136g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639110043Author Scott HarrisonFormat PaperbackImprint VDM VerlagPublisher VDM VerlagWeight(grams) 231g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781736921777Author Lonnie ElFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint R. R. BowkerPublisher R. R. BowkerWeight(grams) 113g

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For centuries, Canadian sovereignty has existed uneasily alongside forms of Indigenous legal and political authority. Canadian Law and Indigenous Self-Determination demonstrates how, over the last few decades, Canadian law has attempted to remove...

Indigenous Peoples and the Law provides an historical, comparative and contextual analysis of various legal and policy issues affecting Indigenous peoples. It focuses on the common law jurisdictions of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United...

This book addresses the issue of Indigenous peoples' participation in genetic resource access and benefit-sharing and associated traditional knowledge for self-determination.Genetic resources from nature are increasingly used in global biodiscovery...

Most Australians are familiar with the concept of land ownership and understand the meaning of native title, which recognises Indigenous peoples' rights to land to which they are spiritually or culturally connected. The ownership of areas of the sea and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781742589442Author Kate GlaskinFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint UWAPPublisher UWA PublishingWeight(grams) 500g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922144027Author Diane KirkbyFormat PaperbackImprint ANU PressPublisher ANU Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922102393Author Pamela F McGrathFormat PaperbackPage Count 378Imprint Aiatsis Research PublicationsPublisher Aiatsis Research PublicationsWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615996254Author Phil BellfyFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Ziibi PressPublisher Ziibi PressWeight(grams) 426g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798765123737Author Peter P. d'ErricoFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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 9781733280518Author Timothy Noble Drew AliFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Califa Media PublishingPublisher Califa Media PublishingWeight(grams) 216g

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...

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...

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...

The essays in this volume reflect the exciting new directions in which legal history in the settler colonies of the British Empire has developed. The contributors show how local life and culture in selected settlements influenced, and was influenced by,...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780774860765Author Kelly SaundersFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint University of British Columbia PressPublisher University of British Columbia...

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...