11 Rebuilding Relationships and Nations: A Mi’kmaw Perspective of the Path to Reconciliation

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I: International Law Perspectives
6. 1 The Art of Braiding Indigenous Peoples’ Inherent Human Rights into the Law of Nation-States 13
7. 2 Using Legislation to Implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 21
8. 3 Revitalizing Canada’s Indigenous Constitution: Two Challenges 29
9. 4 “We have never been domestic”: State Legitimacy and the Indigenous Question 39
10. 5 Indigenous Legal Orders, Canadian Law and UNDRIP 47
11. 6 Bringing a Gendered Lens to Implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 55
12. Part II: Indigenous Law Perspectives
13. 7 Braiding the Incommensurable: Indigenous Legal Traditions and the Duty to Consult 65
14. 8 Mapping the Meaning of Reconciliation in Canada: Implications for Métis-Canada Memoranda of Understanding on Reconciliation Negotiations 83
15. 9 Our Languages Are Sacred: Indigenous Language Rights in Canada 93
16. 10 Navigating Our Ongoing Sacred Legal Relationship with Nibi (Water). 101
17. 11 Rebuilding Relationships and Nations: A Mi’kmaw Perspective of the Path to Reconciliation 111
18. 12 Canary in a Coal Mine: Indigenous Women and Extractive Industries in Canada 119
19. Part III: Domestic Law Perspectives
20. 13 Beyond Van der Peet: Bringing Together International, Indigenous and Constitutional Law 135
21. 14 UNDRIP and the Move to the Nation-to-Nation Relationship 145
22. 15 Options for Implementing UNDRIP without Creating Another Empty Box 153
23. 16 Asserted vs. Established Rights and the Promise of UNDRIP 159
24. 17 Articles 27 and 46(2): UNDRIP Signposts Pointing beyond the Justifiable-infringement Morass of Section 35 167
25. 18 Strategizing UNDRIP Implementation: Some Fundamentals 177
26. 19 UNDRIP Implementation, Intercultural Learning and Substantive Engagement with Indigenous Legal Orders 189
27. Part IV: Concluding Thoughts
28. 20 Implementation of UNDRIP within Canadian and Indigenous Law: Assessing Challenges 199
29. 21 Conflicts or Complementarity with Domestic Systems? UNDRIP, Aboriginal Law and the Future of International Norms in Canada 207
30. 22 UNDRIP as a Catalyst for Aboriginal and Treaty Rights Implementation and Reconciliation 215
31. 23 The Necessity of Exploring Inherent Dignity in Indigenous Knowledge Systems 223
32. Contributors 229
33. Artist Credits 235