Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Introduction 3
6. Peoples and Property
7. Property Rights in General 13
8. The Panorama of Indian Property Rights 30
9. The Panorama of Indian Property Rights 42
10. Limited Property Rights Under the Indian Act
11. The Legal Framework of the Indian Act 57
12. Customary Land Rights on Canadian Indian Reserves 73
13. Certificates of Possession and Leases: The Indian Act Individual Property Regimes 91
14. The First Nations Land Management Act: An Alternative to the Indian Act 108
15. Beyond the Indian Act
16. Why Markets Fail on First Nations Lands 123
17. Escaping the Indian Act 137
18. Back to the Future: Restoring First Nations Property-Rights Systems 160
19. Appendix: Announcement of the Nisga’a Landholding Transition Act 183
20. Notes 185
21. Index 215