The Problem of Justice: Tradition and Law in the Coast Salish World - Couverture souple

Miller, Bruce Granville

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0803282753 ISBN 13 : 9780803282759

Editeur : University of Nebraska Press, 2001

Synopsis

For the indigenous peoples of North America, the history of colonialism has often meant a distortion of history, even, in some cases, a loss or distorted sense of their own native practices of justice. How contemporary native communities have dealt quite differently with this dilemma is the subject of The Problem of Justice, a richly textured ethnographic study of indigenous peoples struggling to reestablish control over justice in the face of conflicting external and internal pressures. The peoples discussed in this book are the Coast Salish communities along the northwest coast of North America: the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe in Washington State, the Stó lo Nation in British Columbia, and the South Island Tribal Council on Vancouver Island. Here we see how, despite their common heritage and close ties, each of these communities has taken a different direction in understanding and establishing a system of tribal justice. Describing the results--from the steadily expanding independence and jurisdiction of the Upper Skagit Court to the collapse of the South Island Justice Project--Bruce G. Miller advances an ethnographically informed, comparative, historically based understanding of aboriginal justice and the particular dilemmas tribal leaders and community members face. His work makes a persuasive case for an indigenous sovereignty associated with tribally controlled justice programs that recognize diversity and at the same time allow for internal dissent.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Bruce G. Miller is associate professor in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of British Columbia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Nebraska Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0803282753
• ISBN 13: 9780803282759
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
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• Personne responsable: non disponible