Metis-Crown relations : rights, identity, jurisdiction and governance

Wilson, Frederica. (Added Author). Mallet, Melanie. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9781552211588
ISBN: 1552211584
Physical Description: print
xviii, 500 p. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Toronto : Irwin Law, 2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Ethnohistory and the Development of Native Law in Canada: Advancing Aboriginal Rights or Re-inscribing Colonialism? / Arthur J. Ray -- 2. Defining the "Metis" of Canada: A Principled Approach to Crown-Aboriginal Relations / Paul L. A. H. Chartrand -- 3. Federal and Provincial Crown Obligations to the Metis / Jean Teillet -- 4. Beyond Space and Time - A Purposive Examination of Section 91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867 / Charlotte A. Bell -- 5. Are the Metis in Section 91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867? An Issue Caught in a Time-Warp / Bradford W. Morse -- 6. Reconciling Differences between the Metis Nation and the Crown: An Agenda for Law Reform / Mark L'Hirondelle Stevenson -- 7. "Neither Fish nor Indians": Pursuing Crown-Metis Relations through Historical Evidence Concerning Policies and the Constitution Act, 1930 / Frank J. Tough -- 8. Metis Interjurisdictional Immunity: A Third Way to Protect Metis Constitutional Rights? / Dale Gibson -- 9. Fiddling with Head 91(24): Metis Interjurisdictional Immunity / Albert C. Peeling -- 10. Interjurisdictional Immunity and Metis Aboriginal Rights: A Provincial Perspective / P. Mitch McAdam -- 11. The Metis and the Doctrine of Interjurisdictional Immunity: A Commentary / Kent McNeil -- 12. The Metis Nation's Self-Government Agenda: Issues and Options for the Future / Jason Madden -- 13. Metis Self-Government: Reflections on the Way Forward / Fred Caron -- 14. The Aboriginal Justice Inquiry - Child Welfare Initiative: Creating the Metis Child and Family Services Authority / Harvey Bostrom, Alison Rogan and Richard Asselin -- 15. Government on the Metis Settlements: Foundations and Future Directions / Catherine Bell and Harold Robinson.