Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. The Calder Decision, Aboriginal Title, Treaties, and the Nisga’a 1
5. Reflections of the Calder Participants
6. Frank Calder and Thomas Berger: A Conversation 37
7. Reminiscences of Aboriginal Rights at the Time of the Calder Case and Its Aftermath 54
8. Historical Background
9. We Are Not O’Meara’s Children: Law, Lawyers, and the First Campaign for Aboriginal Title in British Columbia, 1908–28 61
10. Then Fight For It: William Lewis Paul and Alaska Native Land Claims 85
11. Calder and Its Implications
12. Calder and the Representation of Indigenous Society in Canadian Jurisprudence 101
13. A Taxonomy of Aboriginal Rights 111
14. Judicial Approaches to Self-Government since Calder: Searching for Doctrinal Coherence 129
15. International Impact
16. Customary Rights and Crown Claims: Calder and Aboriginal Title in Aotearoa New Zealand 155
17. The Influence of Canadian and International Law on the Evolution of Australian Aboriginal Title 177
18. The Future
19. Let Obligations Be Done 201
20. Closing Thoughts: Final Remarks from Iona Campagnolo, Lance Finch, Joseph Gosnell, and Frank Calder 216
21. A Select Chronology 231
22. The Nisga’a Petition of 1913 241
23. Notes 246
24. Bibliography 298
25. Contributors 322
26. Index 324