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Beyond the Indian Act : restoring Aboriginal property rights / Tom Flanagan, Christopher Alcantara, André Le Dressay.
While land claims made by Canada's aboriginal peoples continue to attract attention and controversy, there has been almost no discussion of the ways in which First Nations lands are managed and the property rights that have been in place since the Indian Act of 1876.
Record details
- ISBN: 0773536868
- ISBN: 9780773536869 (hc.) :
- Physical Description: xiii, 224 p. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Montréal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2010.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Property rights in general -- The panorama of Indian property rights -- A failed experiment: the Dawes Act -- The legal framework of the Indian Act -- Customary land rights on Canadian Indian reserves -- Certificates of possession and leases: the Indian Act individual property regimes -- The First Nations Land Management Act -- Why markets fail on First Nations lands -- Escaping the Indian Act -- Back to the future: restoring First Nations property-rights systems. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Smithers Public Library | ANF 346.710432 FLA (Text) | 35101000335195 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
