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    Realizing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples : triumph, hope, and action / edited by Jackie Hartley, Paul Joffe, and Jennifer Preston.

    • Title:Realizing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples : triumph, hope, and action / edited by Jackie Hartley, Paul Joffe, and Jennifer Preston.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Joffe, Paul.
      Hartley, Jackie, 1978-
      Preston, Jennifer, 1965-
      Xwi7xwa Collection
    • Published/Created:Saskatoon : Purich Pub., ©2010.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:United Nations. General Assembly. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
    • Description:287 p. ; 23 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9781895830385 (pbk.) :
    • Contents:Foreword: A living instrument / Phil Fontaine
      Introduction: From development to implementation: an ongoing journey / Jackie Hartley, Paul Joffe, and Jennifer Preston
      Part I: Development, adoption, and implementation
      1. Reflections on the development, adoption, and implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples / Kenneth Deer
      2. Dreamtime discovery: new reality and hope / Les Malezer
      3. Survival, dignity, and well-being: implementing the Declaration in British Columbia / Grand Chief Edward John
      Part II: States and civil society
      4. Implementing the Declaration: a state representative perspective / Connie Taracena
      5. Canada's opposition to the UN Declaration: legitimate concerns or ideological bias? / Paul Joffe
      6. Realizing the human rights of Indigenous Peoples: partnerships with non-indigenous NGOs / Jennifer Preston
      Part III: Treaty rights and free, prior, and informed consent: essential aspects of self-determination
      7. Consistent advocacy: treaty rights and the UN Declaration / Chief Wilton Littlechild
      8. The right to free, prior, and informed consent: a framework for harmonious relations and new processes for redress / Andrea Carmen
      9. The significance of the UN Declaration to a treaty nation: A James Bay Cree persepctive / Romeo Saganash and Paul Joffe
      Part IV: Dimensions of collective and individual security
      10. A vision for fulfilling the indivisble rights of Indigenous women / M. Celeste McKay and Craig Benjamin
      11. More than words: promoting and protecting the rights of Indigenous children with international human rights instruments / Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond
      Conclusion: Hopes and challenges on the road ahead / Jackie Hartley, PaulJoffe, and Jennifer Preston
      Appendix I: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
      Appendix II: Open Letter: UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - Canada needs to implement this new human rights instrument
      Appendix III: Supportive statements worldwide.
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