Disagreement-in-principle: Negotiating the right to practice Coast Salish culture in treaty talks on Vancouver Island, BC
In negotiations to define the nature and scope of aboriginal rights, land ownership and self-government, British Columbia-based First Nations are asked to consider a clause setting out a right to practice their culture. When read in the full context of these proposed treaty agreements, the vision of...
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ftubcjournals:oai:ojs.library.ubc.ca:article/170 2023-05-15T16:16:07+02:00 Disagreement-in-principle: Negotiating the right to practice Coast Salish culture in treaty talks on Vancouver Island, BC Thom, Brian 2008-11-19 application/pdf http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/newproposals/article/view/170 eng eng New Proposals Publishing Society http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/newproposals/article/view/170/237 http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/newproposals/article/view/170 New Proposals: Journal of Marxism and Interdisciplinary Inquiry; Vol. 2 No. 1 (2008); 23-30 1715-6718 treaty negotiations land claims culture self-government certainty info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2008 ftubcjournals 2023-01-04T07:46:25Z In negotiations to define the nature and scope of aboriginal rights, land ownership and self-government, British Columbia-based First Nations are asked to consider a clause setting out a right to practice their culture. When read in the full context of these proposed treaty agreements, the vision of the culture defined in this right is static and narrow, removing the constitutional protections for the complex and powerful social, political, economic dimensions of a more fully realized understanding of culture. This paper critically evaluates this proposed treaty right in the context of the long-standing processes of assimilation, and describes a more dynamic model of recognition and reconciliation of these cultural rights in treaties. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Open Access Journal Hosting (University of British Columbia) |
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In negotiations to define the nature and scope of aboriginal rights, land ownership and self-government, British Columbia-based First Nations are asked to consider a clause setting out a right to practice their culture. When read in the full context of these proposed treaty agreements, the vision of the culture defined in this right is static and narrow, removing the constitutional protections for the complex and powerful social, political, economic dimensions of a more fully realized understanding of culture. This paper critically evaluates this proposed treaty right in the context of the long-standing processes of assimilation, and describes a more dynamic model of recognition and reconciliation of these cultural rights in treaties. |
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