Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-153) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue -- 1. Introduction: a problem defined -- Aboriginal Peoples -- Existing aboriginal rights -- Conclusions and summary of chapters -- 2. Contemporary native life: image and realities -- Introduction -- The Dene -- Some comparisons -- Conclusions -- 3. Aboriginal rights: the view of aboriginal peoples -- Definition of aboriginal rights -- Summary and conclusion -- 4. The discovery of aboriginal rights in the law -- English colonial law and ethnocentrism -- The acquisition of a new territory -- The Canadian situation -- Conclusions: aboriginal rights and the law -- 5. The evolution of federal policy on aboriginal rights -- Land acquisition policy prior to the Calder case -- State acknowledgement of a native interest -- The government view of the content of the native interest -- Claims policy after the Calder case -- The native interest: post-Calder -- Summary -- Conclusions: Current policy and its evolution -- 6. Aboriginal rights in the context of Canadian democracy -- Some characteristics of liberal-democracy -- Ethnonational political rights in Belgium and Switzerland -- Ethnonational political rights in Canada -- Conclusions -- 7. From theory to practice -- The southern approach -- The approach of the Northwest Territories -- Nunavut: the perspective of the Nunavut Constitutional Forum -- Denendeh: the perspective of the Dene nation and the Metis Association -- Reconciling the proposals with Canadian political ideology -- Conclusions -- Appendix A. Constitutional act, 1982 -- B. The Royal Proclamation -- C. Treaty no. 4 -- D. A comparison of provincial powers and the powers of Indian bands under the Indian Act -- E. Declaration of the First Nation -- F. Metis declaration of rights -- G. Dene declaration -- H. Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples -- I. International covenant on the rights of indigenous peoples -- J. Proposed 1984 Constitutional accord on the rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada -- K. A guide to further reading
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