Native rights in Canada.

Cumming, Peter A., 1938- (editor.). Mickenberg, Neil H., (editor.). Indian-Eskimo Association of Canada. Native rights in Canada. (Added Author).

Summary: Provides a treatise on the law of aboriginal rights and treaties, the historical pattern of dealing with those rights and an exposition of the alternative judicial and legislative solutions for the settlement of native claims. Extensively revised and enlarged.

Record details

ISBN: 0773600191
ISBN: 9780773600195
ISBN: 077361012X
ISBN: 9780773610125
Physical Description: print
xxiv, 352 pages : maps ; 26 cm
Edition: 2d ed.
Publisher: Toronto, Indian-Eskimo Association of Canada in association with General Pub. Co. [1972]

Content descriptions

General Note:	First ed. prepared by the Indian-Eskimo Association of Canada.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-340).
Formatted Contents Note:	Part I: Introduction -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Who is a native persion -- Part II: The law of aboriginal rights -- 3. The theory of aboriginal rights -- 4. The origins and recognition of aboriginal rights in Canada -- 5. The legal content of an aboriginal claim -- 6. Extinguishment of aboriginal title -- 7. Compensation for the taking of aboriginal lands -- 8. The nature of aboriginal possession as a prerequisite to the application of the law of aboriginal rights -- Part III: The law of indian treaties -- 9. The legal nature of indian treaties -- Part IV: The historical pattern of dealings with the Native Peoples of Canada -- 10. History of the pattern of dealings with Native Peoples in Canada -- 11. New France and Quebec -- 12. The Atlantic provinces -- 13. Southern Ontario -- 14. The prairie provinces -- the "numbered" treaties -- 15. Aboriginal title in the Northwest Territories -- Anthony Hooper -- 16. Aboriginal rights in the Hudson's Bay Company territories -- 17. British Columbia -- 18. The Yukon Territory -- 19. The special case of the Métis -- Part V: Some current issues in the law of native rights -- 20. The law of native hunting and fishing rights -- 21. Mineral rights on reserve lands -- 22. Federal control over indian reserves -- Part VI: Alternative solutions for the settlement of native rights -- 23. The United States Indian Claims Commission -- Kenneth Lysyk -- 24. The Alaska Settlement -- Part VII: Conclusion -- 25. Summary and conclusion -- Appendix I: Proclamation of 1761 and related documents -- Appendix II: Royal Proclamation of 1763 -- Appendix III: Maritimes Treaties -- Appendix IV: Treaty No. 3 with Adhesion and Order-in-Council -- An example of a Numbered Treaty -- Appendix V: Report of Honourable W.A. MacDonald -- Appendix VI: Speech by Prime Minister Trudeau -- Select Bibliography -- Index.