News in Review Native Rights: Sharing Resources
News in Review Native Rights: Sharing Resources
The recent Supreme Court ruling, which interpreted a 1760 treaty signed by the British government as granting Mi’kmaq people on the East Coast the right to fish for a “moderate livelihood” even in the off-season, is the latest in a long series of complex events that have precipitated tension, administrative difficulties and conflict in our natural resources industries. The implications and ramifications of the ruling also underscore a historical conundrum that is distinctively Canadian but also universal in its importance: how to reconcile aboriginal rights and contemporary realities.
- 1999
- 00:14:16
- 13-14
- Added on: 11/15/1999
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- Edition
- November 1999
- Subjects
- Marshall, Donald -- Trials, litigation, etc. [LCSH] Micmac Indians -- Fishing -- Law and legislation [LCSH] Micmac Indians -- Treaties [LCSH] Indigenous peoples -- Fishing -- Maritime Provinces [LCSH] Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada [LCSH] Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Treaties [LCSH] Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Claims [LCSH] Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Government relations [LCSH] Fishery law and legislation -- Canada [LCSH] New Brunswick -- History [LCSH] Nova Scotia -- History [LCSH] Prince Edward Island -- History [LCSH] Social sciences [LCSH] Indigenous peoples -- Study and teaching -- Canada [LCSH] Law -- Study and teaching [LCSH] Canada -- History [LCSH] Political science [LCSH]
- Team
- Knowlton Nash (Host), Leslie MacKinnon (Journalist), Laurie Graham (Journalist), Darrow MacIntyre (Journalist), Terry Milewski (Journalist)
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