Treaties and the Law
Alternate Title
The PLEA ; vol., 38, no. 3, 2019
Documents & Presentations
Description
General information on treaties in Canada.
General information on treaties in Canada.
Writer, activist and former lawyer discusses his book, Peace and Good Order, the effects of incarceration on Indigenous communities, and the way that jailhouse culture fills the cultural void left by residential schools. Duration: 28:08
Speakers discuss how the Act has defined the government's and Crown's relationship with First Nations peoples; how it has impeded development of communities; and how fundamental changes are needed to give First Nations' control over governance and the ability to develop mechanisms to improve access to capital.
Duration: 1:09:15.
Reprinted from the book The Path to Healing.
Chronology of the laws that created and enforced Indian Residential Schools.