Aboriginal Peoples and Politics : The Indian Land Question in British Columbia, 1849-1989.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (322 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Aboriginal Peoples and Aboriginal Claims -- 2 The Douglas Treaties and Aboriginal Title -- 3 The Douglas "System": Reserves, Pre-Emptions, and Assimilation -- 4 Segregation and Suppression, 1864-87 -- 5 Demands for Title, Treaties, and Self-Government, 1887-99 -- 6 The Politics of Survival -- 7 From Intertribal to Province-Wide Political Action, 1900-16 -- 8 Cut-Offs, Claims Prohibition, and the Allied Tribes, 1916-27 -- 9 Coastal Politics: The Native Brotherhood and Tribal Councils, 1931-58 -- 10 Interior Politics and Attempts at Province-Wide Unity, 1958-68 -- 11 Federal Government Initiatives, 1960-9 -- 12 The Formation of the New Organizations, 1969-71 -- 13 Big Money and Big Organizations, 1972-5 -- 14 Tribalism Re-Established, 1976-9 -- 15 Forums and Funding, Protests and Unity, 1980-9 -- 16 Aboriginal Title in the Courts -- 17 The Province and Land Claims Negotiations, 1976-89 -- Notes -- 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 -- Y -- Z.
This book presents the first comprehensive treatment of the land question in British Columbia and is the first to examine the modern political history of British Columbia Indians.
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Indians of North America -- Land tenure -- British Columbia. Indians of North America -- British Columbia -- Claims. Indians of North America -- British Columbia -- Government relations. British Columbia -- Politics and government.