Abalone Tales: Collaborative Explorations of Sovereignty and Identity in Native California
Alternate Title
Narrating Native Histories
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Author/Creator
Les W. Field
Brief profile of role model Rob Cardinal, a Blackfoot astronomer credited with discovering Comet Cardinal.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.19.
Research paper looks at federal and provincial legislation, inherent Aboriginal rights and negotiated agreements, and different Aboriginal courts in Canada.
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Looks at commercial compacts, peace and friendship treaties, territorial treaties, differing interpretations of treaty history, and difference between history and legal history. Chapter one from A History of Treaties and Policies, which is vol. 7 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the third annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.