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Article: Self government.(Book review)
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Reconciliation: First Nations Treaty Making in British Columbia, Tony Penikett, Vancouver: Douglas and Mclntyre, 2006, 303 pages.
The Supreme Court of Canada issued judgment in 1973 on the land rights of the Nisga'a Indians of the Nass Valley in British Columbia. Named after Frank Calder, a well-known Nisga'a chief and former member of the provincial legislature who initiated the suit, the Calder vs. BC judgment prompted Ottawa to negotiate comprehensive land claims- modern treaties--with Aboriginal peoples whose title to land had not been "extinguished" through historic treaties, or superseded by law.
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