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The problem of justice : tradition and law in the Coast Salish world / Bruce G. Miller.
For the indigenous peoples of North America, the history of colonialism has often meant a distortion of history, even, in some cases, a loss or distorted sense of their own native practices of justice. How contemporary native communities have dealt quite differently with this dilemma is the subject of The Problem of Justice, a richly textured ethnographic study of indigenous peoples struggling to reestablish control over justice in the face of conflicting external and internal pressures.
The peoples discussed in this book are the Coast Salish communities along the northwest coast of North America: the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe in Washington State, the Sto:lo Nation in British Columbia, and the South Island Tribal Council on Vancouver Island. Here we see how, despite their common heritage and close ties, each of these communities has taken a different direction in understanding and establishing a system of tribal justice. Describing the results - from the steadily expanding.
Independence and jurisdiction of the Upper Skagit Court to the collapse of the South Island Justice Project - Bruce G. Miller advances an ethnographically informed, comparative, historically based understanding of aboriginal justice and the particular dilemmas tribal leaders and community members face. His work makes a persuasive case for an indigenous sovereignty associated with tribally controlled justice programs that recognize diversity and at the same time allow for internal dissent.
Record details
- ISBN: 0803232217
- ISBN: 9780803232211
- ISBN: 0803282753
- ISBN: 9780803282759
- Physical Description: xiv, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Lincoln [Neb.] : University of Nebraska Press, ©2001.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-234) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 1. Foreground -- 2. Background -- 3. Upper Skagit Justice -- 4. The Sto:lo Nation -- 5. An Intertribal Justice Discussion -- 6. The South Island Justice Project -- 7. Conclusion.
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- Coast Salish Indians > Legal status, laws, etc. > Washington (State)
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | KFW 505.5 .C63 M55 2001 | 256068 | Stacks | Available | - |
| Lummi Library | KFW 505.5 .C63 M55 2001 | 285511 | Stacks | Available | - |
| Lummi Library | PNW KFW 505.5 .C63 M55 | 256067 | PNW | Available | - |
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