The Struggle for recognition : Canadian justice and the Métis nation / edited by Samuel W. Corrigan and Lawrence J. Barkwell.
1991
KEM529.5.C75 S77 1991
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Title
The Struggle for recognition : Canadian justice and the Métis nation / edited by Samuel W. Corrigan and Lawrence J. Barkwell.
Added Corporate Author
Manitoba Métis Federation.
Manitoba. Public Inquiry into the Administration of Justice and Aboriginal People.
Manitoba. Public Inquiry into the Administration of Justice and Aboriginal People.
Imprint
Winnipeg : Pemmican Publications, 1991.
Description
viii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
pt. 1. Legal systems of the nineteenth century
pt. 2. The twentieth century
pt. 3. Into the twenty-first century.
pt. 2. The twentieth century
pt. 3. Into the twenty-first century.
Summary
Traces the efforts of the Metis to develop their own legal system in the colonial context of western Canada and documents the present day impact of the legal system on the Metis people. Includes an update of the evidence presented to the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry by the Manitoba Metis Federation in 1989.
Note
Contains the evidence presented by the Manitoba Métis Federation to the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-236).
Available in Other Form
Online version: Struggle for recognition. Winnipeg : Pemmican Publications, ©1991
Call Number
KEM529.5.C75 S77 1991
Language
English
ISBN
0921827180 (paperback)
9780921827184 (paperback)
0921827202 (cloth)
9780921827207 (cloth)
9780921827184 (paperback)
0921827202 (cloth)
9780921827207 (cloth)
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