TY  - BOOK
AU  - Russell,Dan
TI  - A People's Dream: Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada
SN  - 9780774852142
AV  - E92 -- .R87 2000eb 
U1  - 323.1/197071 
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Vancouver
PB  - University of British Columbia Press
KW  - Indians of North America -- Canada -- Politics and government
KW  - Indians of North America -- Canada -- Government relations
KW  - Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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