Description
Book SynopsisA companion to "First Nations Cultural Heritage and Law". It looks at the key features of Canadian, US, and international law influencing indigenous cultural heritage in Canada. It examines legal and extralegal avenues for reform, including ethics codes, research protocols, institutional policies, human rights law, and First Nation legal orders.
Trade Review"This book makes a major contribution to the field by demonstrating the multifaceted nature of cultural heritage issues, and the intersections of domestic, international, and First Nations law that are pivotal to understanding and resolving such issues. - Rebecca Tsosie, author of American Indian Law: Native Nations and the Federal System"
Table of ContentsPreface: Towards Reconciliation / Darlene Johnston
Introduction / Catherine Bell and Robert K. Paterson
Part 1: Repatriation and Trade
1 Restructuring the Relationship: Domestic Repatriation and Canadian Law Reform / Catherine Bell
2 International Movement of First Nations Cultural Heritage in Canadian Law / Catherine Bell and Robert K. Paterson
3 The Protection and Repatriation of Indigenous Cultural Heritage in the United States / James Nafziger
Part 2: Heritage Sites and Ancestral Remains
4 Ancestral Remains in Institutional Collections: Proposals for Reform / Robert K. Paterson
5 Unsitely: The Eclectic Regimes that Protect Aboriginal Cultural Places in Canada / Bruce Ziff and Melodie Hope
6 Policies and Protocols for Archeological Sites and Associated Cultural Intellectual Property / George P. Nicholas
Part 3: Intangible Heritage
7 The Interconnection of Intellectual Property and Cultural Property ("Traditional Knowledge") / Robert G. Howell and Roch Ripley
8 First Nations Cultural Heritage Concerns: Prospects for Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions in International Law / Rosemary J. Coombe
9 Non-Legal Instruments for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage: Key Roles for Ethical Codes and Community Protocols / Kelly Bannister
Part 4: Human Rights and First Nations Law
10 Indigenous Cultural Heritage Rights in International Human Rights Law / Mohsen al Attar, Nicole Aylwin, and Rosemary J. Coombe
11 From Time Immemorial: The Recognition of Aboriginal Customary Law in Canada / Norman Zlotkin
12 Looking beyond the Law: Questions about Indigenous Peoples' Tangible and Intangible Property / Val Napoleon
Concluding Thoughts and Fundamental Questions / Michael Asch
Appendix
Index
