Negotiating the Deal: Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements in Canada - Couverture souple

Alcantara, Christopher

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1442612843 ISBN 13 : 9781442612846

Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2013

Synopsis

This book provides the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of the factors that explain both completed and incomplete treaty negotiations between Aboriginal groups and the federal, provincial, and territorial governments of Canada. Since 1973, groups that have never signed treaties with the Crown have been invited to negotiate what the government calls "comprehensive land claims agreements," otherwise known as modern treaties, which formally transfer jurisdiction, ownership, and title over selected lands to Aboriginal signatories. Despite their importance, not all groups have completed such agreements - a situation that is problematic not only for governments but for Aboriginal groups interested in rebuilding their communities and economies.

Using in-depth interviews with Indigenous, federal, provincial, and territorial officials, Christopher Alcantara compares the experiences of four Aboriginal groups: the Kwanlin Dün First Nation (with a completed treaty) and the Kaska Nations (with incomplete negotiations) in Yukon Territory, and the Inuit (completed) and Innu (incomplete) in Newfoundland and Labrador. Based on the experiences of these groups, Alcantara argues that scholars and policymakers need to pay greater attention to the institutional framework governing treaty negotiations and, most importantly, to the active role that Aboriginal groups play in these processes.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Christopher Alcantara is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Western University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Toronto Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1442612843
• ISBN 13: 9781442612846
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 200
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• Personne responsable: non disponible