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Article: Native Peoples and Colonialism. A special double issue of BC Studies: The British Columbia Quarterly.(Review)
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- Journal of World History
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- March 22, 2000
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Native Peoples and Colonialism. A special double issue of BC Studies: The British Columbia Quarterly. Edited by COLE HARRIS and JEAN BARMAN. Vols. 115-16 (autumn/winter 1997-98). Pp. 307. $20 (this issue).
Land claims by native peoples of British Columbia, one of which culminated in a momentous 1997 ruling from Canada's Supreme Court (Delgamuukw v. British Columbia), have attracted international attention recently. In other British Commonwealth countries and in the United States particularly, people interested in the rights and experiences of indigenous groups are comparing British Columbia's history to theirs. For instance, a lawyer for the claimants in ...