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Aboriginal self-government in Canada : current trends and issues / edited by Yale D. Belanger.

Location

Public Safety Canada Library

Resource

Books & Reports

Call Number

E 92 A266 2008

Authors

Publishers

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description

xxi, 429 p. ; 23 cm.

Note

Previous eds. edited by John H. Hylton.

Summary

This volume briefly recaps the historical development and public acceptance of the concept of Aboriginal self-government, then proceeds to examine its theoretical underpinnings, the state of Aboriginal self-government in Canada today, and the many practical issues surrounding implementation. Topics addressed include: justice innovations, initiatives in health and education to grant greater Aboriginal control, financing and intergovernmental relations, Aboriginal-municipal government relations, developing effective Aboriginal leadership, Métis self government aspirations, the intersection of women’s rights and self-government, and international perspectives. Various self-government arrangements already in existence are examined including the establishment of Nunavut, the James Bay Agreement, Treaty Land Entitlement settlements, the Alberta Métis settlements, and many other land claims settlements that have granted Aboriginal communities greater control over their affairs.

Subject

Edition

3rd ed.

Contents

1. Reconciling solitudes: a critical analysis of the self-government ideal / Yale D. Belanger & David R. Newhouse. -- 2. Treaty governance / James (Sákéj) Youngblood Henderson. -- 3. Regaining recognition of the inherent right of Aboriginal governance / Bradford W. Morse. -- 4. Contesting Indigenous peoples governance: the politics of state-determination vs. self-determining autonomy / Roger Maaka & Augie Fleras. -- 5. From Panacea to reality: the practicalities of Canadian Aboriginal self-government agreements / Ken S. Coates & W.R. Morrison. -- 6. A critical analysis of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples self-government model / James Frideres. -- 7. "We rise again:" Métis traditional governance and the claim to Métis self-government / Larry Chartrand. -- 8. The future of fiscal federalism: funding regimes for Aboriginal self-government / Frances Abele & Michael J. Prince. -- 9. Community healing and Aboriginal self-government / Josee Lavoie & others. -- 10. Unfinished business: self-government and the James Bay Northern Quebec Agreement thirty years later / Gabrielle Slowey. -- 11. Self-government in Nunavut / Ailsa Henderson. -- 12. Cowessess First Nation: self-government, nation building, and treaty land entitlement / Robert Alexander Innes & Terrence Ross Pelletier. -- 13. Government on the Métis settlements: foundations and future directions / Catherine Bell & Harold Robinson. -- 14. First Nations satellite reserves: capacity-building and self-government in Saskatchewan / Joseph Garcea. -- 15. Constitutionalizing the space to be Aboriginal women: the Indian Act and the struggle for First Nations citizenship / Jo-Anne Fiske. -- 16. The significance of building leadership and community capacity to implement self-government / Brian Calliou. -- 17. Where is the law in restorative justice? / Val Napoleon & others. -- 18. Aboriginal education and self-government: assessing success and identifying the challenges to restoring Aboriginal jurisdiction for education / Jean Paul Restoule. -- 19. Future prospects for Aboriginal self-government in Canada / Yale D. Belanger.

Series

Purich's aboriginal issues series

Items

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