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Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Intorduction -- Table of cases -- Table of statutes -- Chronoogy of key events -- Chapter 1. Aboriginal peoples and the law / Bradford W. Morse -- Chapter 2. Aspects of aboriginal rights in international law / Maureen Davies -- Chapter 3. Aboriginal title / David W. Elliot --St. Catharine's Milling and Lumber Company v. The Queen --Calder et al. v. Attorney General of British Columbia --Hamlet of Baker Lake et al. v. Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development -- Chapter 4. Pre-confederation treaties / Bruce H. Wildsmith -- Chapter 5. Post-confederation treaties / Norman K. Zlotkin -- Chapter 6. Constitutional issues in native law / Noel Lyon --Natural parents v. Superintendent of Child Welfare, et al. -- Chapter 7. The application of provincial laws / Douglas Sanders -- Chapter 8. Reserve lands / Richard H. Bartlett --Town of Hay River v. The Queen and Chief Daniel Sonfrere --Gingrich v. The Queen --Johnson v. British Columbia Hydro --The Queen v. Smith --The Queen v. Devereux --Easterbrook v. The King --Cardinal v. The Queen -- Chapter 9. Taxation / Richard H. Bartlett --Nowegijick v. The Queen --Francis v. The Queen --Lillian Brown v. The Queen -- Chapter 10. The resolution of land claims / Bradford W. Morse -- Chapter 11. The implementation of the James Bay and Northern Quebec agreement / Wendy Moss -- Chapter 12. Canada's north and native rights / Peter Cumming -- Chapter 13. Aboriginal rights in international law: human rights / Maureen Davies -- Conclusion -- Questions -- Further reading.