First nations? Second thoughts
Abstract
"Over the last thirty years Canadian policy on aboriginal issues has come to be dominated by an ideology that sees aboriginal peoples as "nations" entitled to specific rights. Indians and Inuit now enjoy legal privileges that include the inherent right to self-government, collective property rights, immunity from taxation, hunting and fishing rights without legal limits, and free housing, education, and medical care. Underpinning these privileges is what Tom Flanagan describes as "aboriginal orthodoxy"--The belief that prior residence in North America is an entitlement to special treatment
Verfügbarkeit
Themen
Sprachen
Englisch
Verlag
McGill-Queen's University Press
ISBN
9780773575318, 0773575316, 9780773568525, 0773568522, 9780773577558, 0773577556, 9780773534438, 0773534431, 9780773534445, 077353444X
Seiten
ix, 286
Edition
2nd ed.
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