Modern Human Rights: The Aboriginal Challenge
Theses
Author/Creator
Kelly Harvey Russ
Description
Law Thesis (LL.M.)--The University of British Columbia, 2006.
Deals with continuing sex discrimination in the Indian Act, repeal of section 67 of the Canadian Human Rights Act, social and economic conditions of Indigenous women and girls, and issues surrounding incarceration of women.
Examines the issue of Aboriginal identification and inherent rights of Aboriginal peoples, and looks at how government policies fail to meet the concerns of specific groups. Uses case study of Ardoch Algonquin First Nation.