Keeping the land
Subtitle: Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug, reconciliation and Canadian law
By: Rachel Ariss
Contributors: Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation
Publisher: Fernwood Pub.; Fernwood Publishing Co., Ltd.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Halaifax
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781552664773
Subjects: Platinum mines and mining; Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation; Indians of North America; Legal status, laws; Land tenure
Description: "When the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug's traditional territory was threatened by mining exploration in 2006, they followed their traditional duty to protect the land and asked the mining exploration company, Platinex, to leave. Platinex left--and then sued the remote First Nation for $10 billion. The ensuing legal dispute lasted two years and eventually resulted in the jailing of community lead- ers. Ariss argues that though this jailing was extraordinarily punitive and is indicative of continuing colonialism within the legal system, some aspects of the case demonstrate the potential of Canadian law to understand, include and reflect Aboriginal perspectives. Connecting scholarship in Aboriginal rights and Canadian law, traditional Aboriginal law, social change and community activism, Keeping the Land explores the twists and turns of this legal dispute in order to gain a deeper understanding of the law's contributions to and detractions from the process of reconciliation."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.