Canada, Indigenous Peoples, Frist Nations, Métis, Inuit, Treaties, Pre-Confederation 

Carleton library 

"This survey of law in relation to aboriginal peoples in Canada (Indian, Metis, Inuit) includes aboriginal title, pre-Confederation treaties, post-Confederation treaties, constitutional issues in native law, provincial laws, reserve lands, taxation and land claims in Quebec and the Northwest Territories and Yukon, as well as a table of cases, table of statutes and a chronology of key events." - Voila 

Contents:
Chapter 1. Aboriginal peoples and the law / Bradford W. Morse -- 1. The aboriginal peoples in Canada -- (a) Who are the aboriginal people? -- (b) Demographic and economic information -- (c) The position of aboriginal families -- (d) Conclusion -- 2. Further reading -- Chapter 2. Aspects of aboriginal rights in international law / Maureen Davies -- 1. Introduction -- 2. International legal principles -- (a) Sources of international law -- (b) The hierarchy of sources -- (c) International law and domestic law -- 3. Historical roots of aboriginal rights in international law -- 4. The question of status in international law -- (a) Sovereignty -- (b) Treaties -- (c) The concept of Guardianship -- 5. The question of territorial rights -- (a) Discovery -- (b) Occupation -- (c) Conquest -- (d) Cession -- 6. Conclusion -- 7. Questions -- 8. Further reading -- Chapter 3. Aboriginal title / David W. Elliott -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Some aboriginal peoples' concepts of aboriginal title -- (a) Together Today for our Children Tomorrow -- (b) The Fourth World: An Indian Reality -- (c) We Are Metis: A Metis View of the Development of a Native Canadian People -- (d) "A Concept of Native Title" -- (e) "A Dene's Views on the Pipeline" -- 3. Aboriginal title and the law -- 4. Legal status of aboriginal title -- (a) The Royal Prerogative -- (b) The common law -- (c) Legislation: the Constitution -- 5. Content of aboriginal title (a) Degree of enjoyment -- (b) Duration -- (c) Alienation -- (d) Inheritance -- (e) Individual or communal ownership -- (f) Proof -- (g) Relationship with Crown interest in land -- 6. Extinguishment of aboriginal title and abridgment of aboriginal rights -- 7. Compensation for extinguishment of aboriginal title or abridgment of aboriginal rights -- 8. Questions -- 9. Further reading -- Chapter 4. Pre-Confederation treaties / Bruce H. Wildsmith -- Chronology of Indian Treaties to Confederation -- 1. The nature of indian treaties -- 2. Why are there treaties? -- 3. An indian view on the treaties -- 4. A legal distinction between pre- and post-confederation treaties? -- 5. The treaties, including proclamations and other documents -- (a) The Maritime treaties -- (b) The Ontario treaties -- (c) The Vancouver Island treaties -- 6. An integrating overview -- 7. The Cases -- 8. Further reading.

Chapter 5. Post-Confederation treaties / Norman K. Zlotkin -- 1. The treaty making process -- (a) Introduction : -- the "numbered" treaties -- (b) Treaty No. 9 -- A case study -- 2. Status of Indian Treaties in Canadian law -- (a) Native rights in Canada -- (b) The First Nations: indian government in the community of man -- (c) The First Nations: indian government and the Canadian Confederation -- (d) "Aboriginal peoples and the Constitution" -- 3. Lands surrendered by treaty -- 4. Treaty annuities -- 5. Treaty hunting and fishing rights -- (a) Application of federal laws -- (b) Application of provincial laws -- (c) Effect of the Constitution Act, 1930 -- 6. Other treaty rights -- (a) Indian interpretation of treaties -- (b) Judicial interpretation: the "medicine chest" clause -- 7. Further reading -- Chapter 6. Constitutional issues in native law / Noel Lyon -- 1. He makes the best use of his opportunities -- 2. The constitution -- (a) The Constitution Act, 1982 -- (b) 1983 Constitutional Accord on aboriginal rights -- 3. What is an indian? -- 4. What laws apply to indians? -- 5. What are "lands reserved for indians" and what laws apply on those lands? -- 6. Further reading -- Chapter 7. The application of provincial laws / Douglas Sanders -- 1. A review of the cases -- 2. The question of Section 88 -- 3. Recent family law cases -- 4. Non-indians on the reserve -- 5. The factor of surrendered lands -- Chapter 8. Reserve lands / Richard H. Bartlett -- 1. Object -- 2. The establishment of reserves -- 3. The provincial interest in reserve lands -- (a) Seybold and Star Chrome Mining -- (b) Quebec -- 4. The federal-provincial agreements respecting indian reserve lands -- (a) Ontario -- (b) The prairie provinces -- (c) British Columbia -- (d) The Atlantic provinces -- 5. The indian band interest in reserve lands -- 6. Trusteeship of reserve lands -- 7. The management of reserve lands -- 8. Possession of reserve lands -- (a) Indian possession of reserve lands -- (b) Entry on and possession of reserve lands by non-band members -- 9. Mineral rights on reserve lands -- (a) Ownership and beneficial entitlement to minerals (i) The Usufruct -- (ii) Precious metals -- (iii) The treaties -- (iv) The federal-provincial agreements -- (b) Locating reserves where there are no minerals -- (c) Management and control of mineral development on reserve lands (i) Federal and provincial jurisdiction -- (ii) Federal administration -- 10. Water rights -- 11. Surrender -- 12. Exemption from seizure -- 13. Conclusion -- 14. Questions -- 15. Further reading.

Chapter 9. Taxation / Richard H. Bartlett -- 1. Indian power to tax -- 2. The history of the exemption from taxation -- (a) The treaties -- (b) The franchise -- (c) The indian acts -- 3. Provincial taxation subject to the terms of any treaty -- 4. Who is exempt? -- 5. Income taxation -- (a) Income as a form of property exempt from taxation -- (b) Situs of income -- 6. Sales tax and customs duty -- 7. Conclusion -- 8. Questions -- 9. Further reading -- Chapter 10. The resolution of land claims / Bradford W. Morse -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The development of a federal policy, and indian reactions -- 3. The new federal claims policy -- 4. An overview of settled and outstanding claims -- 5. Australian and American experience -- (a) American efforts at resolving claims -- (i) The Indians Claims Commission -- (ii) The Alaskan Settlement -- (iii) The Eastern Claims -- (b) The Australian experience -- 6. Conclusion -- 7. Questions -- 8. Further reading -- Chapter 11. The Implementation of the James Bayand Northern Quebec Agreement / Wendy Moss -- 1. Implementation problems -- 2. The implementation process -- 3. Appendix I: List of federal and provincial enactments ratifying and implementing the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement -- Chapter 12. Canada's north and native rights / Peter Cumming -- 1. Canada as a nation state and how this relates to northern development -- 2. Nothern development and institutions in decision-making -- 3. The Northwest Territories and Yukon Territory as jurisdictions, and the decision-making process -- 4. Arctic native peoples and land claims -- 5. Northern development projects, 1968-1984 -- 6. Northern land claims -- 7. Recent court developments in respect of the question of aboriginal title, and related political developments -- 8. Historical legal theory and practice with respect to native title -- 9. The moral reasons for land claims settlement in the north -- 10. Social policy through land claims settlements -- 11. The prospects and principles with respect to a settlement of land claims in Canada's north -- 12. Recent practice with respect to the settlement of northern land claims -- The Janes Bay Land Claims Settlement of 1975 -- 13. The Alaska Land Claims Settlement of December 1971 -- 14. The Abortive Yukon Land Claims Settlement of 1976 -- 15. Inuit claims in the Northwest Territories -- 16. The Nishgas claim -- 17. The claims of the Dene and Metis of the Northwest Territories -- 18. The Constitution Act 1982 and northern land claims -- Chapter 13. Abortiginal rights in international law: human rights / Maureen Davies -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The United Nations -- (a) The Charter -- (i) The preamble -- (ii) Chapter I. Purposes and principles -- (iii) Chapter IX. International economic and social cooperation -- (b) The International Bill of Rights -- (i) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- (ii) The Covenants -- (A) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights -- (B) The Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights -- (c) Self-determination -- (d) Convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide -- (e) International convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination -- 3. International Labour Organization: Convention 107 -- 4. The Inter-American system -- 5. Conclusion -- 6. Questions -- 7. Further reading. 

Includes maps.
Contains a table of cases, table of statutes and a chorology of key events.