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Beyond Rights

Name: Beyond Rights
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ISBN: 9780774866477

Carole Blackburn

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In 2000, the Nisg̱a'a treaty marked the culmination of over one hundred years of Nisg̱a'a people protesting, petitioning, litigating, and negotiating for recognition of their rights and land title. Beyond Rights explores this groundbreaking achievement and its impact.Treaty making has long been an important element in relationships between the Crown and Indigenous peoples in what is now Canada, but modern treaties are more complex and multifaceted. Embodying the force of law, they are social and political compacts intended to create lasting reciprocal relationships between treaty partners. The Nisg̱a'a were trailblazers in gaining Supreme Court recognition of unextinguished Aboriginal title, and the treaty marked a turning point in the relationship between First Nations and provincial and federal governments. By embedding three key elements – self-government, title, and control of citizenship – the Nisg̱a'a treaty tackled fundamental issues concerning...

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Year:

2021

Publisher:

University of British Columbia Press

Language:

English

ISBN 10:

3208997412

ISBN 13:

9780774866477