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category: Social Science
published: Oct 2011
ISBN:9780774818872
publisher: UBC Press

Ghost Dancing with Colonialism

Decolonization and Indigenous Rights at the Supreme Court of Canada

by Grace Li Xiu Woo

tagged: native american studies, indigenous peoples
Description

Some assume that Canada earned a place among postcolonial states in 1982 when it took charge of its Constitution. Yet despite the formal recognition accorded to Aboriginal and treaty rights at that time, Indigenous peoples continue to argue that they are still being colonized. Grace Woo assesses this allegation using a binary model that distinguishes colonial from postcolonial legality. She argues that two legal paradigms governed the expansion of the British Empire, one based on popular consent, the other on conquest and the power to command. Ghost Dancing with Colonialism casts explanatory light on ongoing tensions between Canada and Indigenous peoples.

About the Author

Grace Li Xiu Woo

Contributor Notes

Grace Li Xiu Woo is a retired member of the Law Society of British Columbia. She has taught in the Program of Legal Studies for Native People at the University of Saskatchewan.

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