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Legal information for Indigenous people : a project of the Bella Coola Legal Advocacy Program / Anne Fletcher, editor ; Avery Pasternak and Lauren Ferguson, writers ; Laura Beaudry and Grace Hermansen, legal researchers/writers.

Fletcher, Anne (editor). Pasternak, Avery, (writer.). Ferguson, Lauren, (writer.). Beaudry, Laura, (writer.). Hermansen, Grace, (writer.). Bella Coola Legal Advocacy Program (publisher). Law Foundation of British Columbia. (funder).

Summary:

"This booklet provides basic & accessible legal information for Indigenous people facing legal issues, incl. the justice systems, children & families, rights & protections, death & taxes, income security, and class actions. It explains how the laws can vary for people based on their Indigeneity."--

Record details

Physical Description: 64 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Publisher: Bella Coola, British Columbia : Bella Coola Legal Advocacy Program, [2022].
Copyright: ©2022.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Published in Bella Coola on the traditional and unceded territory of the Nuxalk Nation"--Acknowledgements page. "This document does not contain legal advice. This document was prepared with the assistance of PBSC UBC law student volunteers. PBSC volunteers are not lawyers and they are not authorized to provide legal advice. This document contains general discussion of certain legal and related issues only. If you require legal advice, please consult with a lawyer."--Acknowledgements page. Cover title.
Formatted Contents Note:	Foreword -- Introduction -- Justice systems -- Children and families -- Know your rights -- Protections -- Death and taxes -- Income security -- Class actions -- Glossary of laws -- Legal reviewers key -- Afterword.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:	"This booklet also available for download on Facebook @BCLegalAdvocates and on Clicklaw Wikibooks at http://wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca "--Title page verso. "For [print] copies contact BCLAP, Box 309, Bella Coola, BC, V0T 1C0"--Title page verso