Protection of First Nations cultural heritage : laws, policy, and reform

Book

Protection of First Nations cultural heritage : laws, policy, and reform / edited by Catherine Bell and Robert K. Paterson.

Bell, Catherine E. (Catherine Edith), 1961- (Added Author). Paterson, Robert K., 1946- (Added Author).

Summary:

"Indigenous peoples around the world are seeking greater control over tangible and intangible cultural heritage. In Canada, issues concerning repatriation and trade of material culture, heritage site protection, treatment of ancestral remains, and control over intangible heritage are governed by a complex legal and policy environment. This companion volume to First Nations Cultural Heritage and Law looks at the key features of Canadian, US, and international law influencing indigenous cultural heritage in Canada. Legal and extralegal avenues for reform are examined, including ethics codes, research protocols, institutional policies, human rights law, and First Nation legal orders. The book also discusses the opportunities and limits of existing frameworks and questions whether a radical shift in legal and political relations is necessary for First Nations concerns to be meaningfully addressed."--Pub. desc.

Record details

ISBN: 9780774814638
ISBN: 0774814632
ISBN: 9780774814645
ISBN: 0774814640
Physical Description: xx, 441 p. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, c2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (p. [412]-418) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Restructuring the relationship : domestic repatriation and Canadian law reform / Catherine Bell -- International movement of First Nations cultural heritage in Canadian law / Catherine Bell and Robert K. Paterson -- The protection and repatriation of indigenous cultural heritage in the United States / James Nafziger -- Ancestral remains in institutional collections : proposals for reform / Robert K. Paterson -- Unsitely : the eclectic regimes that protect aboriginal cultural places in Canada / Bruce Ziff and Melodie Hope -- Policies and protocols for archeological sites and associated cultural intellectual property / George P. Nicholas -- The interconnection of intellectual property and cultural property (traditional knowledge) / Robert G. Howell and Roch Ripley -- First Nations intangible cultural heritage concerns : prospects for protection of traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions in international law / Rosemary J. Coombe -- Non-legal instruments for the protection of intangible cultural heritage : key roles for ethical codes and community protocols / Kelly Bannister -- Indigenous cultural heritage rights in international human rights law / Mohsen al Attar, Nicole Aylwin, and Rosemary J. Coombe -- From time immemorial : the recognition of aboriginal customary law in Canada / Norman Zlotkin -- Looking beyond the law : questions about indigenous people's tangible and intangible property / Val Napoleon.