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Nation to nation : Aboriginal sovereignty and the future of Canada
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia

Book
Creators
Engelstad, Diane.
Contributors
Bird, John.
Description
"As aboriginal self-government moves beyond mere rhetoric towards reality, this timely book - a dialogue of native and non-native voices on such issues as sovereignty or assimilation, specific claims policy, land stewardship, justice for First Nations, rebuilding community after the residential school experience and Oka, and women and sovereignty - serves as an invitation to all Canadians to learn to walk together towards a true healing of relationships." - back cover.

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Holding Library
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia
ISBN
0887845339
Statement of Responsibility
Diane Engelstad.
Publication Information
Concord Ont. : Anansi
Physical Description
xix, 149 p. 21 cm.
Notes
"Contributors": p. 233-236
Includes bibliographical references
Contents
I. THE ROAD BACK TO SOVEREIGNTY: VOICES FROM TWO CULTURES -- Canadian history : an Aboriginal perspective / George Erasmus, Joe Sanders -- The basic dilemma : sovereignty or assimilation / Tim Schouls, John Olthuis, Diane Engelstad -- Calling creation into our family / Stan McKay -- The land is the boss : how stewardship can bring us together / Gary Potts -- Culture and sovereignty / Joanne Barnaby -- Political self-sufficiency / Michael Asch -- Aboriginal women and self-government / Bernice Hammersmith -- Specific claims policy : too little too late / Roger Townshend -- Comprehensive claims : one step forward, two steps back / Murray Angus -- Resorting to court : can the judiciary deliver justice for First Nations? / Patrick Macklem, Roger Townshend -- Self-determination and the criminal justice system / Len Sawatsky -- II. COMMUNITIES IN TRANSITION: -- Rebuilding community after the residential school experience / Maggie Hodgson -- The Indian agent system and our move to self-government / Burton Jacobs -- Nitassinan : Caribou and F-16s / Napes Ashini -- Nitassinan : nation to nation / Peter Penashue -- Regaining control and Fort Good Hope / Fort Good Hope Community Council -- Ingenika Point : no more riverboats / Waldemar Braul -- From Cedar Lake to Easterville : mourning for what my people have lost / Elsie Fiddler -- Kanesatake : the summer of 1990 / Ellen Gabriel -- Fighting back / Loran Thompson -- Walpole Island : sustainable development / Dean Jacobs -- Walpole Island in 2005 : a view from the future / Nin.da.waab.jig, Walpole Island Heritage Centre -- III. BECOMING PARTNERS: NON-NATIVE CANADIANS IN THE STRUGGLE FOR ABORIGINAL JUSTICE: -- Growing together from the earth / Gary Potts -- Thoughts and reflections / Ethel Fuhr -- Stewardship and solidarity / John Olthuis -- Are you willing to listen? / Rene Fumoleau -- Bibles and blockades / Lorraine Land -- Oka : 1990 and beyond / Lois Cape -- Native issues as a point of entry / Murray Angus -- Afterword : The path ahead
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Also available online (authentication may be required)
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