A People's Dream : Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada.
Russell, Dan.
A People's Dream : Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (257 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Self-Government Ideal: A Recent Concept -- 2 The American Tribal Government Experience: Lessons for Canada -- 3 Entrenching Self-Government: The Treaty Option -- 4 Entrenching Self-Government: The "Principled Approach" -- 5 Historical Aboriginal Collective Rights -- 6 Aboriginal Values versus Charter Rights -- 7 A Metaphorical Charter: An Aboriginal Response -- 8 The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples and Self-Government: Just Another Lump of Coal -- 9 The Future of Self-Government: Building Trust and Confidence -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
In this provocative and passionate book, Dan Russell argues that Aboriginal self-government is an attainable objective best achieved through a constitutional amendment, not through treaties, as has been the preoccupation of provincial and federal governments since 1982. He claims that reliance on treaties as an instrument of self-government is misguided and doomed to failure.
9780774852142
Indians of North America -- Canada -- Politics and government.
Indians of North America -- Canada -- Government relations.
Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada.
Electronic books.
E92 -- .R87 2000eb
323.1/197071
A People's Dream : Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (257 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Self-Government Ideal: A Recent Concept -- 2 The American Tribal Government Experience: Lessons for Canada -- 3 Entrenching Self-Government: The Treaty Option -- 4 Entrenching Self-Government: The "Principled Approach" -- 5 Historical Aboriginal Collective Rights -- 6 Aboriginal Values versus Charter Rights -- 7 A Metaphorical Charter: An Aboriginal Response -- 8 The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples and Self-Government: Just Another Lump of Coal -- 9 The Future of Self-Government: Building Trust and Confidence -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
In this provocative and passionate book, Dan Russell argues that Aboriginal self-government is an attainable objective best achieved through a constitutional amendment, not through treaties, as has been the preoccupation of provincial and federal governments since 1982. He claims that reliance on treaties as an instrument of self-government is misguided and doomed to failure.
9780774852142
Indians of North America -- Canada -- Politics and government.
Indians of North America -- Canada -- Government relations.
Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada.
Electronic books.
E92 -- .R87 2000eb
323.1/197071