Description |
1 online resource (xli, 260 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits, digital file. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 65
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McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 65.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-251) and index. |
Contents |
Taking fur trade history to court -- Roles and reversals of the historical researcher -- Defending traditional fisheries and harvesting rights -- Interpretation of a treaty : share or surrender? -- Witnessing on behalf of a forgotten people -- Defining Metis communities and customs -- Defending the aboriginal right to hunt -- "To educate the court." |
Summary |
"In 1973, the Supreme Court's historic Calder decision on the Nisga'a community's title suit in British Columbia launched the Native rights litigation era in Canada. Legal claims have raised questions with significant historical implications, such as, "What treaty rights have survived in various parts of Canada? What is the scope of Aboriginal title? Who are the Meþtis, where do they live, and what is the nature of their culture and their rights? |
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"Arthur Ray's extensive knowledge in the history of the fur trade and Native economic history brought him into the courts as an expert witness in the mid-1980s. For over twenty-five years he has been a part of landmark litigation concerning treaty rights, Aboriginal title, and Meþtis rights. In Telling It to the Judge, Ray recalls lengthy courtroom battles over lines of evidence, historical interpretation, and philosophies of history, reflecting on the problems inherent in teaching history in the adversarial courtroom setting."--Pub. desc. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Ray, Arthur J.
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Ray, Arthur J. |
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Ray, Arthur J., 1941- |
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Evidence, Expert -- Canada.
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Evidence, Expert. |
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Canada. |
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Trials -- Canada.
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Trials. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Ray, Arthur J. Telling It to the Judge : Taking Native History to Court Montreal : MQUP,c2014 9780773539525 |
ISBN |
9780773586475 (electronic book) |
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0773586474 (electronic book) |
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