Flawed Precedent : The St. Catherine’s Case and Aboriginal Title (HC) Archaeology the people photographed

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notes on the chapters and a bibliography

Ed Metatawabin presents his compelling account of the experiences endured at the notorious St

associate professor of history at the University of Vermont

this book will also find an audience with those interested in Indigenous cultures and traditions

Flawed Precedent : The St. Catherine’s Case and Aboriginal Title (HC) Archaeology the people photographedIn Flawed Precedent, preeminent legal scholar Kent McNeil thoroughly investigates a contentious legal case. In 1888, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London ruled in St. Catherines Milling and Lumber Company v. The Queen, a case involving the Saulteaux peoples land rights in Ontario. This precedent setting case would define the legal contours of Aboriginal title in Canada for almost a hundred years, despite the racist assumptions about