Aboriginal rights and self-government : the Canadian and Mexican experience in North American perspective / edited by Curtis Cook and Juan D. Lindau.
"This collection of essays is an exploration of the progress of Aboriginal rights movements in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Contributors compare the situations in Canada and Mexico, in both of which demands by Aboriginal people for political autonomy and sovereignty are increasing, an...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Montreal [Que.] :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
©2000.
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| Series: | McGill-Queen's native and northern series.
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| Summary: | "This collection of essays is an exploration of the progress of Aboriginal rights movements in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Contributors compare the situations in Canada and Mexico, in both of which demands by Aboriginal people for political autonomy and sovereignty are increasing, and explore why there is very little corresponding activity in the United States. The essays address problems of constructing new political arrangements, practical questions about the viability of multiple governments within one political system, and epistemological questions about recognizing and understanding the "other.""--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 314 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780773567993 0773567992 9781282858213 1282858211 9786612858215 6612858214 |