Aboriginal Rights Claims and the Making and Remaking of History: Volume 87

by Arthur J. Ray

Forums such as commissions, courtroom trials, and tribunals that have been established through the second half of the twentieth century to address aboriginal land claims have consequently created a particular way of presenting aboriginal, colonial, and national histories. The history that emerges from these land-claims processes is often criticized for being "presentist" - inaccurately interpreting historical actions and actors through the lens of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773547436
• ISBN13: 9780773547438
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"