Canada is a country founded on relationships and treaties between Indigenous people and newcomers. Although recent court cases have strengthened Aboriginal rights, the cooperative spirit of the treaties is being lost as Canadians engage in endless arguments about First Nations "issues." Greg Poelzer and Ken Coates breathe new life into these debates by looking at approaches that have failed and succeeded in the past and offering all Canadians--from policy makers to concerned citizens--realistic steps forward. The road ahead is clear: if all Canadians take up their responsibilities as treaty peoples, Canada will become a leader among treaty nations.
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ISBN:0774830875 dqbound : trade edition
ISBN:9780774830874 (hardcover) :
ISBN:077482753X
ISBN:9780774827539
Physical Description:xxviii, 337 pages ; 24 cm print
Publisher:Vancouver, British Columbia ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2015]
Machine generated contents note: Aboriginal Leaders and Scholars Point the Way -- 1. Traditionalists -- 2. Treaty Federalism -- 3. Bridging the Solitudes -- Non-Aboriginal Views on the Way Forward -- 4. Legal Rights, Moral Rights, and Well-Being -- 5. Political and Institutional Approaches -- Coming at It from a Different Direction -- Aboriginal Success Stories -- 6. Culture and Education -- 7. Business and Entrepreneurship -- 8. Governance and Civic Engagement -- Steps towards Social, Political, and Economic Equality -- 9. Global Lessons -- 10. Equality of Status -- 11. Citizenship and a Commonwealth of Aboriginal Peoples -- 12. Aboriginal Self-Govemment -- 13. Community-Based Economic Well-Being -- 14. Finding Common Economic Ground -- Conclusion -- Postscript.
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