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On Being Here to Stay: Treaties and Aboriginal Rights in Canada
Michael Asch
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Description for On Being Here to Stay: Treaties and Aboriginal Rights in Canada
Paperback. In On Being Here to Stay, Asch retells the story of Canada with a focus on the relationship between First Nations and settlers. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
What, other than numbers and power, justifies Canada’s assertion of sovereignty and jurisdiction over the country’s vast territory? Why should Canada’s original inhabitants have to ask for rights to what was their land when non-Aboriginal people first arrived? The question lurks behind every court judgment on Indigenous rights, every demand that treaty obligations be fulfilled, and every land-claims negotiation.
Addressing these questions has occupied anthropologist Michael Asch for nearly thirty years. In On Being Here to Stay, Asch retells the story of Canada with a focus on the relationship between First Nations and settlers.
Asch proposes a way forward based ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442610026
SKU
V9781442610026
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About Michael Asch
Michael Asch is a professor emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Alberta and a professor (limited term) in the Department of Anthropology and adjunct professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Victoria.
Reviews for On Being Here to Stay: Treaties and Aboriginal Rights in Canada
‘For academic law libraries with collection interests in aboriginal law, this title is an essential addition.’
Mary Hemmings
Law Library Journal vol 106:04:2014
‘On Being Here to Stay is a thought provoking read. Michael Asch provides a different perspective on treaty relations not found in most law-oriented texts.’
Jon Ponath
Saskatchewan Law Review vol 78:2015 ... Read more
Mary Hemmings
Law Library Journal vol 106:04:2014
‘On Being Here to Stay is a thought provoking read. Michael Asch provides a different perspective on treaty relations not found in most law-oriented texts.’
Jon Ponath
Saskatchewan Law Review vol 78:2015 ... Read more