Aboriginal rights are not human rights : in defence of indigenous struggles / Peter Kulchyski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kulchyski, Peter Keith, 1959-

Series:

Semaphore series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Canada--Government relations.

Indians of North America.

Canada.

Indians of North America--Canada--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc--Canada.

Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc.

Physical Description:

173 pages ; 18 cm.

Place of Publication:

Winnipeg, Man. : ARP Books, [2013]

Summary:

Aboriginal rights do not belong to the broader category of universal human rights because they are grounded in the particular practices of aboriginal peoples. So argues Peter Kulchyski in this provocative book from the front lines of indigenous peoples' struggles to defend their culture from the ongoing conquest of their traditional lands. Kulchyski shows that some differences are more different than others, and he draws a border between bush culture and mall culture, between indigenous peoples' mode of production and the totalizing push of state-led capitalism. Aboriginal Rights Are Not Human Rights provides much needed conceptual and historical analysis of aboriginal and treaty rights in Canada, and offers concrete suggestions to transform the current policy paradigm into one that supports and invigorates indigenous cultures in a contemporary context. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Concerning aboriginal rights 17

i Aboriginal rights and human rights: some thoughts 17

ii Socialism and native americans: a theoretical parenthesis 25

iii Aboriginal rights are not human rights 37

iv The emperors old clothes 72

Part 2 50 years of struggle 79

i 50 years in indian country 80

ii Inuit country 97

iii The violence of the letter: land claims and the continuing colonial conquest 103

iv Towards a new policy paradigm for first peoples 112

v Turning the page on colonial oppression: defenders of the land and idle no more! 118

Part 3 Damned on this earth 127

i Flooded and forgotten: hydro development makes a battleground of northern manitoba 128

ii The wolf has begun to howl: a report on the camp at grand rapids 134

iii How to build a legacy of hatred 140

iv As long as the money flows 148

v Marginal comment on another new building in downtown Winnipeg 156.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-173).

ISBN:

1894037766

9781894037761

OCLC:

847944990

Publisher Number:

99954584811