The people of the Tsilhqot'in Nation govern their lands according to dechen ts'edilhtan, or ancestral law. In Canada, Indigenous laws are often misunderstood, disregarded, or simply invisible to non-Indigenous people. Indigenous Law in Context investigates this issue in terms of one First Nation and a particular legal area: water governance within Tsilhqot'in traditional territory in the Chilcotin region of British Columbia.
Despite recent gestures toward reconciliation, the Canadian state undeniably continues to assume dominance in law making. Given this reality, is giving deference to Indigenous governments for decision making possible when it comes to management of a precious resource? Alan Hanna explores the intersections and conflicts inherent in Indigenous, provincial, and federal government legal approaches to water governance. He analyzes portions of Tsilhqot'in oral tradition in conjunction with knowledge, gleaned from numerous interviews with Elders.
The goal of this painstaking work is to bridge conflicting world views in order to create dialogue on how Indigenous law - and specifically water law - can be meaningfully applied to twenty-first-century issues.
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Höhe: 229 mm
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978-0-7748-7122-8 (9780774871228)
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Alan Hanna is an associate professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Victoria and is of mixed European and Blackfoot ancestry. He is also a lawyer and member of the Law Society of British Columbia, the Law Society of the Northwest Territories, the Indigenous Bar Association, the Canadian Bar Association, and the Canadian Association of Law Teachers.
