To share, not surrender: Indigenous and settler visions of treaty making in the colonies of Vancouver Island and BC / Hamar Foster, Peter Cook, Neil Vallance, John S. Lutz, & Graham Brazier
KM208.I5C665 2021
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Too often, history and knowledge of Indigenous-settler conflicts over land take the form of confidential reports prepared for court challenges. To Share, Not Surrender offers an entirely new approach, opening scholarship to the public and augmenting it with First Nations community expertise.
The collection appraises the historical and present-day relevance of treaty-making in the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia. The authors take us back to when James Douglas and his family relocated to Fort Victoria on Vancouver Island in 1849, critically tracing the transition from treaty-making in the colony of Vancouver Island to reserve formation in the colony of British Columbia.
Informed by cel’aṉ’en – “our culture, the way of our people” – this multivocal work explicitly addresses the tensions between academic research, Indigenous knowledge, and local experience. The collection includes essays, translations/interpretations of the treaties into the SENĆOŦEN and Lekwungen languages, and contributions by participants of the Songhees, Huu-ay-aht, and WSANEC peoples.
The chapters demonstrate that the continuing inability to arrive at equitable land-sharing arrangements stem from a fundamental absence of will with respect to accommodating First Nations world views. To Share, Not Surrender is an attempt to understand why, and thus to advance the urgent task of reconciliation in Canada.
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Indigenous Writes / Chelsea Vowel
KM208.I5V69 2016
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In Indigenous Writes, Chelsea Vowel, legal scholar, teacher, and intellectual, opens an important dialogue about social beliefs associated with the relationship between Indigenous peoples and Canada.
In 31 essays, Chelsea explores the Indigenous experience from the time of contact to the present, through five categories—Terminology of Relationships; Culture and Identity; Myth-Busting; State Violence; and Land, Learning, Law, and Treaties. She answers the questions that many people have on these topics to spark further conversations at home, in the classroom, and in the larger community.
On the shelves now at our Prince George and Vancouver branches.
Aboriginal tenure in the constitution of Canada/ Benjamin Ralston, Isobel Findlay & James Henderson
KM208.I5H46 2022
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Recognized as a unique and important contribution to scholarship in the area, the 2nd edition of Aboriginal Tenure in the Constitution of Canada is the product of meticulous research and thorough analysis.
The work explores the origins of common law concepts of land ownership, the attempts to reconcile European and Aboriginal traditions in the treaty process, and the consequences of the application of British colonial law and Crown
This new edition has been fully updated with discussions of the most recent decisions of note from the Supreme Court of Canada and provincial courts.
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Indigenous Legal Issues: Cases, Material and Commentary / John J. Borrows & Leonard I. Rotman
KM208.I5B67 2023
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For over 20 years, this national casebook has included comprehensive coverage of foundational legal issues and jurisprudence affecting Indigenous peoples in Canada, contextualizing them within their larger cultural, political and sociological framework.
The 6th edition of Indigenous Legal Issues: Cases, Materials & Commentary follows in the tradition of its predecessors and has been updated with a new name and the most current Supreme Court of Canada jurisprudence at the time of publication.
This book also contains insights into questions courts have left unanswered, providing readers with ideas about how the law will develop in the future.
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Indigenous legal judgments: bringing Indigenous voices into judicial decision making / Nicole Watson & Heather Douglas
KM208.I5.W38 2021
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Spanning from 1889 to 2017, the judgments reflect the trajectory of Indigenous people’s engagements with Australian law. The collection includes decisions that laid the foundation for the wrongful application of terra nullius and the long disavowal of native title.
Contributors have also challenged narrow judicial interpretations of native title, which have denied recognition to Indigenous people who suffered the prolonged impacts of dispossession. Exciting new voices have reclaimed Australian law to deliver justice to the Stolen Generations and to families who have experienced institutional and police racism. Contributors have shown how judicial officers can use their power to challenge systemic racism and tell the stories of Indigenous people who have been dehumanized by the criminal justice system.
On the shelves now at our Vancouver branch.
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