Philosophy and Aboriginal rights : critical dialogues

Tomsons, Sandra (Author). Tomsons, Sandra Irene, 1946- (Added Author).

Summary: In the Western tradition, from the time of Socrates in ancient Greece, philosophers have been seeking to understand how people can best live together. The same has been true, since time immemorial, in the "First Nation" world. In this epoch-making anthology, these two traditions come together for an ‘inter-philosophy discussion, a non-"First Nation" peoples. This contribution by J. Youngblood (Sákéj) Henderson and Jaime Battiste explores Canada’s relationships with First Nations under the constitution of Canada, the court interpretations of "First Nation" and treaty rights, and how "First Nation" sovereignty and knowledge generates "First Nation" rights. They use the Mi’kmaw Creation Story to explain the origins of Mi’kmaw knowledge, way of life, sovereignty and legal traditions. They discuss how Netukulimk is the ultimate principal or grundnorm of Mi’kmaw constitutional traditions.

Record details

ISBN: 9780195431308
Physical Description: print
423 p. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press, 2013.

Content descriptions

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CatMonthString:june.13

Formatted Contents Note:

Prolegomena -- Part 1: Indigenous philosophy and aboriginal rights -- Why Aboriginal people listen to elders -- An elder explains Indigenous philosophy and Indigenous sovereignty -- What Mauchibinesse taught me about Aboriginal rights -- Journeys in the land of the peacemaker: A traditional methodology to doing doctoral work in Rotinonshonni traditions and governance -- Why non-Aboriginal people should listen to Aboriginal elders -- Part 1 dialogue -- Part 2: Understanding Aboriginal rights -- How Aboriginal philosophy informs Aboriginal rights -- An analysis of and dialogue on Indigenous and Crown blockades -- Critical theory and Aboriginal rights -- Liberalism, Aboriginal rights, and the Canadian moral identity -- Political liberalism and Indigenous rights -- White and red paper liberalism -- Part 2 dialogue -- Part 3: Understanding Aboriginal sovereignty -- Transforming sovereignties -- Choctaw notions of sovereignty -- The royal commission on Aboriginal peoples: A missed opportunity -- Whose sovereignty are we talking about? -- Indigenous nations and the legality of European claims to sovereignty over Canada -- Liberal theory and Aboriginal sovereignty -- Urban Aboriginal sovereignty and homefulness -- Part 3 dialogue -- Part 4: Road to mutual respect -- Ástam ánimotahtak (come, let's talk, have a discussion) -- Two worlds collide: A multicultural powwow becomes a monocultural ceremony -- An ethic of mutual respect: The covenant chain -- What is an Indigenous-state treaty? Towards the possibility of cultural accommodation in negotiated spaces -- The forgotten constitution: Reflections on the coronation oath and the history of Canadian relations with Indigenous peoples -- Dialogue, history, and power: The role of truth -- Justifying the dispossession of Indigenous peoples: Discursive uses of temporal characterizations of injustice -- Acknowledgement and truth commissions: The case of Canada -- Part 4 dialogue -- Selected bibliography -- Index.