The Indian Removal Debate and Rise of Partisan Identity in the Age of Jackson
Theses
Author/Creator
Benjamin Greene
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of South Carolina, 2013.
Discusses how legislation such as the Indian Act, with its arbitrary rules about who is considered to be an "Indian", has impacted relationships and identity in Aboriginal communities. Chapter seven from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 3, which is also vol. 5 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.
Discusses environmental laws and the norms and practices that Indigenous people follow in their relationship with other species and the environment.
Discusses various Indigenous environmental laws and looks at the governance of those laws.