Justice Recognized – Justice Denied: The State of Aboriginal Treaty Rights in Canada

ID:	HARP-284
Title:	Justice Recognized – Justice Denied: The State of Aboriginal Treaty Rights in Canada
Source:	Cultural Survival Quarterly, Issue 25.2, http://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/csq/print/article_print.cfm?id=2B7DF2B3-2379-42B4-A4FD-58C3AA7C618A
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Year:	2001
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Keywords:	Canada, human rights, law, Nova Scotia, civil and political rights, immigration, fishery, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, minority rights, self-determination
Abstract:	The Supreme Court decision to uphold treaties signed between the British Crown and Mi’kmaq, Malisseet, and Passamaquoddy Chiefs in 1760 and 1761 sent immediate ripples through the fishing villages of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island — the Maritime provinces of Canada — where the lobster fishery is a lifeline. In the days and weeks following the ruling, it was apparent the interpretation of treaty rights has more to do with one’s personal sense of history than with an analysis of the literal facts of the case. Because this ruling tampers with the mainstream notion of modern Canadian identity — a nation constructed by many immigrant peoples who enjoy equal rights and privileges under one set of laws — the reaction to it has been swift, urgent, and in some cases violent.
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