Protection of First Nations cultural heritage : laws, policy, and reform / edited by Catherine Bell and Robert K. Paterson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bell, Catherine E. (Catherine Edith), 1961- editor.

Paterson, Robert K., 1946- editor.

Series:

Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)

Law and society series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural property--Protection--Law and legislation--Canada.

Cultural property.

Cultural property--Repatriation--North America.

Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws, etc--Canada.

Indigenous peoples.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 441 pages)

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, [2009]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Indigenous peoples around the world are seeking greater control over tangible and intangible cultural heritage. In Canada, issues concerning repatriation and trade of material culture, heritage site protection, treatment of ancestral remains, and control over intangible heritage are governed by a complex legal and policy environment. This volume looks at the key features of Canadian, US, and international law influencing indigenous cultural heritage in Canada. Legal and extralegal avenues for reform are examined and opportunities and limits of existing frameworks are discussed. Is a radical shift in legal and political relations necessary for First Nations concerns to be meaningfully addressed?

Contents:

Restructuring the relationship : domestic repatriation and Canadian law reform / Catherine Bell

International movement of First Nations cultural heritage in Canadian law / Catherine Bell and Robert K. Paterson

The protection and repatriation of indigenous cultural heritage in the United States / James Nafziger

Ancestral remains in institutional collections : proposals for reform / Robert K. Paterson

Unsitely : the eclectic regimes that protect aboriginal cultural places in Canada / Bruce Ziff and Melodie Hope

Policies and protocols for archeological sites and associated cultural intellectual property / Geroge P. Nicholas

The interconnection of intellectual property and cultural property (traditional knowledge) / Robert G. Howell and Roch Ripley

First Nations intangible cultural heritage concerns : prospects for protection of traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions in international law / Rosemary J. Coombe

Non-legal instruments for the protection of intangible cultural heritage : key roles for ethical codes and community protocols / Kelly Bannister

Indigenous cultural heritage rights in international human rights law / Mohsen al Attar, Nicole Aylwin, and Rosemary J. Coombe

From time immemorial : the recognition of aboriginal customary law in Canada / Norman Zlotkin

Looking beyond the law : questions about indigenous people's tangible and intangible property / Val Napoleon.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 412-418) and index.

Other Format:

Print version (paperback): Protection of First Nations cultural heritage.

Print version (bound): Protection of First Nations cultural heritage.

ISBN:

9780774857222

9786612457067

0774857226

OCLC:

646864192