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• Indigenous Peoples of Canada
• British Columbia History
• Aboriginal Peoples

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Aboriginal Peoples and Politics: The Indian Land Question in British Columbia, 1849-1989

by Paul Tennant. 308 pgs.

Contributors:

   Paul Tennant

Publisher:

   University of British Columbia Press

Place of Publication:

  Vancouver, B.C  

Publication Year:

  1990

Subjects:

Indians Of North America--Land Tenure--British Columbia, Indians Of North America--British Columbia--Claims, Indians Of North America--British Columbia--Government Relations, British Columbia--Politics And Government

	Contents
	Preface	ix
	Acknowledgments	xv
1	Aboriginal Peoples and Aboriginal Claims	3
2	The Douglas Treaties and Aboriginal Title	17
3	The Douglas "System": Reserves, Pre-Emptions, and Assimilation	26
4	Segregation and Suppression, 1864-87	39
5	Demands for Title, Treaties, and Self-Government, 1887-99	53
6	The Politics of Survival	68
7	From Intertribal to Province-Wide Political Action, 1900-16	84
8	Cut-Offs, Claims Prohibition, and the Allied Tribes, 1916-27	96
9	Coastal Politics: The Native Brotherhood and Tribal Councils, 1931-58	114
10	Interior Politics and Attempts at Province-Wide Unity, 1958-68	125
11	Federal Government Initiatives, 1960-9	139
12	The Formation of the New Organizations, 1969-71	151
13	Big Money and Big Organizations, 1972-5	165
14	Tribalism Re-Established, 1976-9	181
15	Forums and Funding, Protests and Unity, 1980-9	196
16	Aboriginal Title in the Courts	213
17	The Province and Land Claims Negotiations, 1976-89	227
	Notes	239
	Bibliography	281
	Index	289

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