
Unstable Properties
Aboriginal Title and the Claim of British Columbia
University of British Columbia Press
Published on 15. October 2022
Book
Hardback
312 pages
978-0-7748-6620-0 (ISBN)
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Description
The so-called land question dominates political discourse in British Columbia. Unstable Properties reverses the usual approach - investigating Aboriginal claims to Crown land - to reframe the issue as a history of Crown attempts to solidify claims to Indigenous territory.
The political and intellectual leadership of First Nations has exposed the fragility of BC's political and civil property regimes, insisting that the province grapple with diverse interpretations of sovereignty, governance, territory, and property. From the historical-geographic processes through which the BC polity became entrenched in its present territory to key events of the twenty-first century, the authors of this clear-eyed study highlight the unstable ideological foundation of land and title arrangements.
In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission emphasized the need to educate Canadians about settler colonialism. Unstable Properties puts critical human geography at the service of this goal by demonstrating that understanding different conceptualizations of land and territorialization is a key element of reconciliation.
The political and intellectual leadership of First Nations has exposed the fragility of BC's political and civil property regimes, insisting that the province grapple with diverse interpretations of sovereignty, governance, territory, and property. From the historical-geographic processes through which the BC polity became entrenched in its present territory to key events of the twenty-first century, the authors of this clear-eyed study highlight the unstable ideological foundation of land and title arrangements.
In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission emphasized the need to educate Canadians about settler colonialism. Unstable Properties puts critical human geography at the service of this goal by demonstrating that understanding different conceptualizations of land and territorialization is a key element of reconciliation.
Reviews / Votes
This is critical reading for legal scholars and anyone interested in Indigenous rights.- S. Perreault, CHOICE Connect A welcome addition to a literature that has been dominated by lawyers, historians, journalists, and political scientists.
- Bruce McIvor, UBC (BC Studies) The principles explored here are relevant to planners everywhere. (Plan Canada)
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Language
English
Place of publication
Vancouver
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
580 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7748-6620-0 (9780774866200)
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Persons
Patricia Burke Wood is a professor of geography at York University. David A. Rossiter is a professor of geography at Western Washington University. They have co-authored several articles on the politics of Aboriginal title in the Canadian Geographer, Society and Natural Resources, and the Supreme Court Law Review.
Content
Introduction: Paper Claims
1 The Invention of British Columbia
2 Calder, Churn, and Destabilization: 1973-97
3 Unsettled in the Wake of Delgamuukw
4 The Politics of Refusal and the End of the Political Path, 2004-14
5 Property, Territory, Sovereignty, and Citizenship
Conclusion: Reconciliation and Reimagining British Columbia
References; Index
1 The Invention of British Columbia
2 Calder, Churn, and Destabilization: 1973-97
3 Unsettled in the Wake of Delgamuukw
4 The Politics of Refusal and the End of the Political Path, 2004-14
5 Property, Territory, Sovereignty, and Citizenship
Conclusion: Reconciliation and Reimagining British Columbia
References; Index