Lament for a First Nation
Subtitle: the Williams treaties of Southern Ontario
By: Peggy J. Blair.
Series: Law and society series; Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)
Publisher: UBC Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Vancouver
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780774815123
Subjects: Missisauga Indians -- Treaties; Ojibwa Indians -- Ontario -- Treaties; Missisauga Indians -- Land tenure; Ojibwa Indians -- Land tenure -- Ontario; Indians of North America -- Canada -- Government relations; Missisauga Indians -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada; Ojibwa Indians -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada; Missisauga Indians -- History; Ojibwa Indians -- Ontario -- History; Missisauga (Indiens) -- Traités; Ojibwa (Indiens) -- Ontario -- Traités; Missisauga (Indiens) -- Terres; Ojibwa (Indiens) -- Terres -- Ontario; Indiens d'Amérique -- Canada -- Relations avec l'État; Missisauga (Indiens) -- Droit -- Canada; Ojibwa (Indiens) -- Droit -- Canada; Missisauga (Indiens) -- Histoire; Ojibwa (Indiens) -- Ontario -- Histoire; Mississauga Indians -- Treaties; Mississauga Indians -- Land tenure; Mississauga Indians -- Legal status, laws, etc; Mississauga Indians -- History
Description: "In a 1994 decision known as Howard, the Supreme Court of Canada held that the Aboriginal signatories to the 1923 Williams Treaties had knowingly given up not only their title to off-reserve lands but also their treaty rights to hunt and fish for food. No other First Nations in Canada have ever been found to have willingly surrendered similar rights." "Peggy J. Blair gives the Howard decision considerable context. She examines federal and provincial bickering over "special rights" for Aboriginal peoples and notes how Crown policies toward Indian rights changed as settlement pressures increased. Blair argues that the Canadian courts caused a serious injustice by applying erroneous cultural assumptions in their interpretation of the evidence. In particular, they confused provincial government policy, which has historically favoured public over special rights, with the understanding of the parties at the time."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [302]-309) and index.
Table of contents: title: History of the Williams Treaties First Nations; title: Imperial crown policy; title: A new crown policy; title: Jurisdictional disputes; title: Bureaucratic obstacles; title: The push for a new treaty; title: Differing perceptions; title: The Howard case; title: Analysis.