Native rights in Canada

Type

Book

Authors

Peter A. Cumming ( Cumming, Peter A. )

Neil H. Mickenberg ( Mickenberg, Neil H. )

ISBN 10

077361012X

ISBN 13

9780773610125

Tags

Indigenous peoples -- Legal status laws etc. -- Canada, Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Government relations, Indigenous peoples -- Government relations, Indigenous peoples -- Legal status laws etc.

Abstract

"With compelling logic based on tightly organized facts, this book challenges the legal and historical assumptions behind many of the injustices stemming from Canada's deals and treaties with its Indian, Eskimo, and Metis populations. The authors bring into sharp focus the claims - sometimes ignored, often denied - of Canada's native peoples. In many cases, under the pressure of colonization, the native peoples had to accept insufficient compensation for lands and territories ceded to white settlers. Successive governments, displaying little foresight and even less humanity, postponed by one means or another the settlement of these issues which now test the conscience of the nation and demand a fair resolution."--Back cover.

Description

xxiv, 352 pages : maps ; 22 cm.

Biblio Notes

Includes index.

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