Nation to nation : aboriginal sovereignty and the future of Canada : aboriginal sovereignty and the future of Canada

Nation to Nation......Page 1 CONTENTS......Page 5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 8 PREFACE......Page 9 INTRODUCTION......Page 12 I— THE ROAD BACK TO SOVEREIGNTY: VOICES FROM TWO CULTURES......Page 15 Aboriginal Sovereignty......Page 16 Broken Agreements......Page 17 Rewriting History......Page 19 The Indian Act......Page 21 Retaining Our Rights: The Ongoing Saga......Page 22 Finding a Genuine Solution......Page 23 The Basic Dilemma: Sovereignty or Assimilation......Page 25 How Did We Get Where We Are?......Page 27 Individualism: A Way of Life......Page 29 Individualism as Policy......Page 31 Assimilation and the White Paper of 1969......Page 33 Assimilation after the White Paper......Page 34 Making Room for First Nations in Canadian Society......Page 36 A New Vision for Canada......Page 37 Calling Creation into Our Family......Page 41 The Land Is the Boss: How Stewardship Can Bring Us Together......Page 48 Culture and Sovereignty......Page 52 No Wilderness......Page 53 Traditional Laws......Page 55 Human Rights......Page 56 Government Views of Self-Government......Page 58 The View of First Nations' Organizations......Page 60 Government Strategies......Page 61 Aboriginal Sovereignty......Page 63 Aboriginal Women and Self-Government......Page 66 Roots of the Problems......Page 67 Women and Aboriginal Sovereignty......Page 69 Making Changes......Page 71 Specific Claims Policy: Too Little Too Late......Page 73 Specific Claims Process......Page 75 Changes in Policy......Page 77 Comprehensive Claims: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back......Page 80 Resorting to Court: Can the Judiciary Deliver Justice for First Nations?......Page 91 The Traditional Framework......Page 92 Breakthroughs in the Courts......Page 95 Ambiguous Justice......Page 96 The Need for a Paradigm Shift......Page 101 Aboriginal Views of Justice2......Page 104 European and Aboriginal Paradigms for Criminal Justice......Page 105 One Solution......Page 108 II— COMMUNITIES IN TRANSITION......Page 111 Rebuilding Community after the Residential School Experience......Page 112 Outlawing Ceremony......Page 113 Residential Schools and Family Breakdown......Page 114 Incongruence and Abuse: The Shark's Success?......Page 116 "The Eagle Has Landed": Healing and Hope......Page 120 The Indian Agent System and Our Move to Self-Government......Page 124 Nitassinan: Caribou and F-16s......Page 131 Nitassinan: Nation to Nation......Page 140 Regaining Control at Fort Good Hope......Page 144 Fort Good Hope: Leaving Home......Page 147 Taking Charge: Inching Closer to Self-Government......Page 148 Roadblocks to Self-Government......Page 150 Oil and Gas Exploration: Who's the Boss?......Page 152 A New Vision......Page 156 Ingenika Point: No More Riverboats......Page 158 British Columbia's Legacy of Conflict......Page 159 Establishing Reserves......Page 161 Williston Reservoir......Page 162 Mackenzie Reserves......Page 165 Rebuilding the Community at Ingenika Point......Page 166 Self-Government......Page 168 From Cedar Lake to Easterville: Mourning for What My People Lost......Page 170 Kanesatake: The Summer of 1990......Page 176 The Blockade......Page 178 The Police Raid......Page 181 Fighting Back......Page 184 Walpole Island: Sustainable Development......Page 190 Sustainable Development......Page 193 Principles for Sustainable Development......Page 195 Walpole Island in 2005: A View from the Future......Page 197 Sustainable Development Strategy......Page 198 From "Management" to "Self-Government"......Page 201 Economic Development......Page 202 Technological Development......Page 204 Social Development......Page 205 Epilogue......Page 206 III— BECOMING PARTNERS: NON-NATIVE CANADIANS IN THE STRUGGLE FOR ABORIGINAL JUSTICE......Page 208 Growing Together from the Earth......Page 209 Thoughts and Reflections......Page 212 Stewardship and Solidarity......Page 214 "Are You Willing to Listen?"......Page 216 Bibles and Blockades......Page 220 Oka: 1990 and Beyond......Page 225 Native Issues as a Point of Entry......Page 231 AFTERWORD: THE PATH AHEAD......Page 235 Resorting to Court......Page 239 Self-Determination and the Criminal Justice System......Page 240 Walpole Island in 2005: A View from the Future......Page 241 Afterword: The Path Ahead......Page 242 CONTRIBUTORS......Page 243