Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface: Respect for Elder Knowledge vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction, Methodology, and Thematic Overview 1
6. Our Voices, Our Culture
7. Recovering from Colonization: Perspectives of Community Members on Protection and Repatriation of Kwakwaka’wakw Cultural Heritage 33
8. The Law Is Opened: The Constitutional Role of Tangible and Intangible Property in Gitanyow 92
9. Northwest Coast Adawx Study 114
10. ‘A’lhut tu tet Sul’hweentst [Respecting the Ancestors]: Understanding Hul’qumi’num Heritage Laws and Concerns for the Protection of Archaeological Heritage 150
11. Repatriation and Heritage Protection: Reflections on the Kainai Experience 203
12. Poomaksin: Skinnipiikani-Nitsiitapii Law, Transfers, and Making Relatives Practices and Principles for Cultural Protection, Repatriation, Redress, and Heritage Law Making with Canada 258
13. Protection and Repatriation of Ktunaxa/Kinbasket Cultural Resources: Perspectives of Community Members 312
14. Experiences across the Nation
15. First Nations Cultural Heritage: A Selected Survey of Issues and Initiatives 367
16. Reflections on Selected Themes
17. Canadian Aboriginal Languages and the Protection of Cultural Heritage 417
18. Canada’s Policy of Cultural Colonization: Indian Residential Schools and the Indian Act 442
19. Owning as Belonging/Owning as Property: The Crisis of Power and Respect in First Nations Heritage Transactions with Canada 465
20. Concluding Thoughts and Unanswered Questions 489
21. Appendix: Standard Question Set 491
22. Contributors 493
23. Index 501