Aboriginal rights and self-government
Subtitle: the Canadian and Mexican experience in North American perspective
By: edited by Curtis Cook and Juan D. Lindau.
Contributors: Cook, Curtis, 1937-; Lindau, Juan David.
Series: McGill-Queen's native and northern series ;; [21]
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Montreal; Ithaca, [N.Y.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1934- -- Congresses; Indians of North America -- Politics and government -- Congresses; Indians of Mexico -- Politics and government -- Congresses; Indians of Mexico -- Government relations -- Congresses; Native peoples -- Canada -- Politics and government; Native 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 -- 1934-
Genres: Congresses.
Description: "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.""--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-308) and index.
Papers originally prepared for a colloquium at the Colorado College--Pref.
Table of contents: title: One continent, contrasting styles : the Canadian experience in North American perspective / Juan D. Lindau and Curtis Cook; title: A just relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples of Canada / James Tully; title: Indigenous movements and politics in Mexico and Latin America / Rodolfo Stavenhagen; title: Rights and self-government for Canada's Aboriginal peoples / C.E.S. Franks; title: Liberalism's last stand : Aboriginal sovereignty and minority rights / Dale Turner; title: First nations and the derivation of Canada's underlying title : comparing perspectives on legal ideology / Michael Asch; title: Quebec's conceptions of Aboriginal rights / Andrée Lajoie ... [et al.]; title: The revolution of the new commons / Gustavo Esteva; title: Indian policy : Canada and the United States compared / C.E.S. Franks.