Title: Aboriginal rights and self-government : the Canadian and Mexican experience in North American perspective /
Authors: Cook, Curtis, 1937-; Lindau, Juan David.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press,
Year: 2000
Subjects: Indians of North America Government relations Congresses.; Indians of North America Politics and government Congresses.; Indians of North America Canada Politics and government Congresses.; Indians of North America Canada Government relations Congresses.; Indians of Mexico Politics and government Congresses.; Indians of Mexico Government relations Congresses.; Indigenous peoples Canada Politics and government.; Indigenous peoples Canada Government relations.; Autochtones Canada Politique et gouvernement.; Autochtones Canada Relations avec l'État.; Indiens d'Amérique Mexique Politique et gouvernement.; Indiens d'Amérique Mexique Relations avec l'État.; Indiens d'Amérique États-Unis Politique et gouvernement.; Indiens d'Amérique États-Unis Relations avec l'État
Abstract: "This collection of essays is an exploration of the progress of Aboriginal rights movements in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Contributors compare the situations in Canada and Mexico, in both of which demands by Aboriginal people for political autonomy and sovereignty are increasing, and explore why there is very little corresponding activity in the United States. The essays address problems of constructing new political arrangements, practical questions about the viability of multiple governments within one political system, and epistemological questions about recognizing and understanding the "other.""--Jacket.
Contents: One continent, contrasting styles : the Canadian experience in North American perspective / Juan D. Lindau and Curtis Cook -- A just relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples of Canada / James Tully -- Indigenous movements and politics in Mexico and Latin America / Rudolfo Stavenhagen -- Rights and self-government for Canada's Aboriginal peoples / C.E.S. Franks -- Liberalism's last stand : Aboriginal sovereignty and minority rights / Dale Turner -- First nations and the derivation of Canada's underlying title : comparing perspectives on legal ideology / Michael Asch --Quebec's conceptions of Aboriginal rights / Andrée Lajoie ... [et al.] -- The revolution of the new commons / Gustavo Esteva -- Indian policy : Canada and the United States compared / C.E.S. Franks.