Beyond Rights
the nisg̱a'a final agreement and the challenges of modern treaty relationships
$72.55
- Paperback
202 pages
- Release Date
14 August 2022
Summary
Beyond Rights: The Nisg̱a’a Treaty and Indigenous Self-Determination
In 2000, the Nisg̱a’a treaty marked the culmination of over one hundred years of Nisg̱a’a people protesting, petitioning, litigating, and negotiating for recognition of their rights and land title. Beyond Rights explores this groundbreaking achievement and its impact.
The Nisg̱a’a were trailblazers in gaining Supreme Court recognition of unextinguished Aboriginal title, and the treaty marked a turn…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780774866460 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0774866462 |
| Author: | Carole Blackburn |
| Publisher: | University of British Columbia Press |
| Imprint: | University of British Columbia Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 202 |
| Release Date: | 14 August 2022 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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Critics Review
…Beyond Rights provides a compelling account for why, despite their flaws, the modern treaties are important to the future of reconcilitation in Canada and ought to have the attention of all Canadians.
- Joshua Nichols, McGill University (BC Studies)About The Author
Carole Blackburn
Carole Blackburn is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia and the author of Harvest of Souls: Jesuit Missions and Colonialism in North America, 1632–1650. She has been researching the Nisg̱a’a Final Agreement since 1999, conducting interviews and engaging in participant observation with treaty negotiators, politicians, bureaucrats, Nisg̱a’a citizens, government workers, and lawyers for the province, the federal government, and the Nisg̱a’a.
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