What Has No Place, Remains : The Challenges for Indigenous Religious Freedom in Canada Today / Nicholas Shrubsole.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shrubsole, Nicholas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of religion--Canada.

Freedom of religion.

Indians of North America--Canada--Religion.

Indians of North America.

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

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The desire to erase the religions of Indigenous Peoples is an ideological fixture of the colonial project that marked the first century of Canada's nationhood. While the ban on certain Indigenous religious practices was lifted after the Second World War, it was not until 1982 that Canada recognized Aboriginal rights, constitutionally protecting the diverse cultures of Indigenous Peoples. As former prime minister Stephen Harper stated in Canada's apology for Indian residential schools, the desire to destroy Indigenous cultures, including religions, has no place in Canada today. And yet Indigenous religions continue to remain under threat. Framed through a postcolonial lens, What Has No Place, Remains analyses state actions, responses, and decisions on matters of Indigenous religious freedom. The book is particularly concerned with legal cases, such as Ktunaxa Nation v. British Columbia (2017), but also draws on political negotiations, such as those at Voisey's Bay, and standoffs, such as the one at Gustafsen Lake, to generate a more comprehensive picture of the challenges for Indigenous religious freedom beyond Canada's courts. With particular attention to cosmologically significant space, this book provides the first comprehensive assessment of the conceptual, cultural, political, social, and legal reasons why religious freedom for Indigenous Peoples is currently an impossibility in Canada.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

A Comment on Terminology

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Al Purdy's Modern Scepticism

2. Secularization, Dispossession, and Forced Deprivatization

3. Religions Plus? Competing Frameworks of Indigenous Religious Freedom

4. Dealing with Diversity Poorly and the Gustafsen Lake Standoff

5. The Duty to Consult and Accommodate

6. The Potential and Limits of International Mechanisms of Redress

Conclusion. Challenges for Reconciliation

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

9781487530747

1487530749

9781487530730

1487530730

OCLC:

1107879306