Telling it to the judge : taking Native history to court

Type

Book

Authors

Arthur J. Ray ( Ray, Arthur J. )

ISBN 10

0773539522

ISBN 13

9780773539525

Tags

Historians -- Canada -- Biography, Indigenous peoples -- Legal status laws etc. -- Canada, Indigenous peoples -- Legal status laws etc., Expert evidence -- Canada, Expert evidence -- Canada -- Biography, Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Claims, Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- History, Expert evidence

Abstract

"Arthur Ray's extensive knowledge in the history of the fur trade and Native economic history brought him into the courts as an expert witness in the mid-1980s. For over twenty-five years he has been a part of landmark litigation concerning treaty rights, Aboriginal title, and Métis rights. In Telling It to the Judge, Ray recalls lengthy courtroom battles over lines of evidence, historical interpretation, and philosophies of history, reflecting on the problems inherent in teaching history in the adversarial courtroom setting. Told with charm and based on extensive experience, Telling It to the Judge is a unique narrative of courtroom strategy in the effort to obtain constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and treaty rights."--Amazon.

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