The Quest for Justice : : Aboriginal Peoples and Aboriginal Rights / / ed. by Menno Boldt, J. Anthony Long.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Ahenakew, David,; Boldt, Menno,; Chartier, Clem,; Dacks, Gurston,; Dalon, Richard,; Diamond, Billy,; Flanagan, Thomas,; Henderson, William B.,; Ittinuar, Peter,; Long, J. Anthony,; Lyons, Oren,; Mitchell, Leon,; Mulroney, Brian,; Plain, Fred,; Romanow, Roy,; Ryser, Rudolph,; Sanders, Douglas,; Slattery, Brian,; Snow, Chief John,; Tennant, Paul,; Trudeau, Pierre Elliott,; Weaver, Sally,; Wilson, Bill,; Youngblood Henderson, James,
• HerausgeberIn: Boldt, Menno,; Long, J. Anthony,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©1985
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (463 p.)

This collection of many voices develops more deeply and exhaustively the issues raised in the editors’ earlier volume, Pathways to Self-Determination. It contains some twenty-three papers from representatives of the aboriginal people’s organizations, of governments, and of a variety of academic disciplines, along with introductions and an epilogue by the editors and appendices of the key constitutional documents from 1763.The contributors represent a broad cross-section of tribal, geographic, and organizational perspectives. They discuss constitutional questions such as land rights, the concerns of Metis, non-status Indians, and Inuit; and native rights in broad contexts – historical, legal/constitutional, political, regional, and international.The issue of aboriginal rights and of what these rights mean in terms of land and sovereignty has become increasingly important on the Canadian political agenda. The constitutional conferences between government and aboriginal peoples have revealed the gulf between what each side means by aboriginal rights: for the Indians these rights are meaningless without sovereign self-government, an idea the federal and provincial governments are not willing to entertain. Somewhere in the middle lies the concept of nationhood status.Ultimately, the aboriginal peoples are asking for justice from the dominant society around them; if it is denied or felt to be denied, the editors conclude, the consequences for the Canadian self-concept would be costly and debilitating. The twenty-four contributors provide a find guide to this profound and complex problem, whose solution depends on our understanding and our political wisdom.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Political and Philosophical Perspectives on Aboriginal Rights by Indians, Metis, and Inuit Leaders -- Introduction -- Traditional Native Philosophies Relating to Aboriginal Rights -- Aboriginal Title and Aboriginal Rights: The Impossible and Unnecessary Task of Identification and Definition -- A Treatise on the Rights of the Aboriginal Peoples of the Continent of North America -- Identification and Definition of Our Treaty and Aboriginal Rights -- The Inuit Perspective on Aboriginal Rights -- Aboriginal Rights and Land Issues: The Metis Perspective -- Aboriginal Rights: The Non-status Indian Perspective -- 2 Aboriginal Rights in the Constitutional and Policy-Making Processes -- Introduction -- Aboriginal Rights in the Constitutional Process -- An Alberta Perspective on Aboriginal Peoples and the Constitution -- The Hidden Constitution: Aboriginal Rights in Canada -- Federal Difficulties with Aboriginal Rights Demands -- Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada to the Conference of First Ministers on Aboriginal Constitutional Matters, 8-9 March 1984 -- Notes for an Opening Statement to the Conference of First Ministers on the Rights of Aboriginal Peoples -- Tribal Philosophies and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms -- 3 Historical and Contemporary Legal and Judicial Philosophies on Aboriginal Rights -- Introduction -- The Doctrine of Aboriginal Rights in Western Legal Tradition -- Canadian Legal and Judicial Philosophies on the Doctrine of Aboriginal Rights -- Metis Aboriginal Rights: Some Historical and Contemporary Problems -- 4 Negotiated and Supranational Approaches to Securing Aboriginal Rights -- Introduction -- The Politics of Native Claims in Northern Canada -- Aboriginal Rights: The James Bay Experience -- Using Mediation to Resolve Disputes over Aboriginal Rights: A Case Study -- Aboriginal Rights: The Search for Recognition in International Law -- Fourth World Wars: Indigenous Nationalism and the Emerging New International Political Order -- 5 Aboriginal Rights and Indian Government -- Introduction -- Aboriginal Rights and the Penner Report on Indian S elf-Government -- Tribal Traditions and European-Western Political Ideologies: The Dilemma of Canada's Native Indians -- 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 Constitution Act, 1982(1983) -- G/Proposed Constitutional 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) -- Table of Cases -- Notes -- Contributors