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A Common Hunger : Land Rights in Canada and South Africa.

Fairweather, Joan G.

A Common Hunger : Land Rights in Canada and South Africa. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (286 pages) - Africa: Missing Voices Series ; v.3 . - Africa: Missing Voices Series .

Cover -- Title Page -- Bibliographic Information -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Maps -- List of Illustrations -- List of Maps & -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Canada and South Africa -- Aboriginal Rights and International Law -- The clearing of lands and languages -- Part One: Dispossession -- Chapter 1: The Land and the People -- The First Peoples of the Cape of Good Hope -- The First Peoples of North America -- Slavery in New France and the Cape Colony -- British North America -- The Cape under British Rule -- Frontier Societies -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2: Land Rights and Treaties -- Introduction -- Canadian Treaties -- Treaties in Colonial South Africa -- Discussion: Strategies of Land Alienation -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Sovereignty and Segregation -- Introduction -- Sovereignty and Constitutional Rights in Canada -- Assimilation in Twentieth-Century Canada -- Sovereignty in South Africa -- Pragmatic Segregation in South Africa -- Ideological Segregation: Apartheid South Africa -- The Struggle for Sovereignty in South Africa -- Challenging the Concept of Sovereignty in Canada -- Conclusion -- Part Two: Reclaiming the Land -- Chapter 4: Litigation -- Introduction -- Aboriginal Rights Court Cases in Canada -- The Gitxsan and Wet'suwet'en of British Columbia -- Delgamuukw v. British Columbia (1997) -- Aboriginal Litigation in South Africa -- The Richtersveld Case: Background -- The Richtersveld Community v. Alexkor Ltd. -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Negotiating Restitution -- Introduction -- Reclaiming the Land in South Africa -- The Restitution Process in South Africa -- Challenges to Restitution in South Africa -- Case Study: The Mogopa Community, -- Rebuilding Communities -- The Conservation Factor -- The Case of Kosi Bay, Maputaland (KwaZulu-Natal) -- Negotiating Land Restitution in Canada -- The Lubicon Cree, Alberta. The B.C. Treaty Commission -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Self-Government -- Restoring Sovereignty -- Negotiating Self-Government in Canada -- The Sechelt Agreement -- The Inuit Peoples of the Northwest Territories -- The Nunavut Land Claim -- Reversing "Self Government" in the Former Bantustans -- Conclusion -- Part 3: Dealing with Legacies -- Chapter 7: Restoring Dignity -- The Hunger for Dignity -- Legacies of Dispossession in Canada -- Legacies of Dispossession in South Africa -- The Problem of "Invisibility" -- Land Matters: Restoring Dignity -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: Reconciliation -- The Purpose of Public Inquiries -- Canada's Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (1991-96) -- Critiquing the RCAP Process -- South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission 996-98) -- Critiquing the TRC -- Reparations -- Uncovering the Truth -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Why Land Rights Matter -- The Task of Nation-building in South Africa -- The Power of Stories (Canada) -- Appendix: Australia and New Zealand -- Notes -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Conclusion -- Appenix: Australia and New Zealand -- Bibliography -- Index -- Africa: Missing Voices Series Information -- Back Cover.

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9781552383131


Indigenous peoples -- Land tenure -- South Africa.
Indigenous Peoples -- South Africa -- Claims.
Indigenous peoples -- South Africa -- Government relations.
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Electronic books.

K738 -- .F83 2006eb

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