Pamela Palmater: 2 books
Indigenous Nationhood
Empowering Grassroots Citizens
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Indigenous Nationhood is a selection of blog posts by well-known lawyer, activist and academic Pamela Palmater. Palmater offers critical legal and political commentary and analysis on legislation, Aboriginal rights, Canadian politics, First Nations politics and social issues such as murdered and missing...
Beyond Blood
Rethinking Indigenous Identity
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2011
The current Status criteria of the Indian Act contains descent-based rules akin to blood quantum that are particularly discriminatory against women and their descendants, which author Pamela Palmater argues will lead to the extinguishment of First Nations as legal and constitutional entities. Beginning...