Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface viii
4. Acknowledgments x
5. Introduction xi
6. The Self-Government Ideal: A Recent Concept 3
7. The American Tribal Government Experience: Lessons for Canada 14
8. Entrenching Self-Government: The Treaty Option 40
9. Entrenching Self-Government: The “Principled Approach” 58
10. Historical Aboriginal Collective Rights 88
11. Aboriginal Values versus Charter Rights 103
12. A Metaphorical Charter: An Aboriginal Response 131
13. The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples and Self-Government: Just Another Lump of Coal 146
14. The Future of Self-Government: Building Trust and Confidence 196
15. Notes 217
16. Selected Bibliography 238
17. Index 240