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Alexander Morris (1826-89) served as lieutenant-governor of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories, not long after Canada purchased the latter from the Hudson's Bay Company in 1869. This colossal land transfer was a source of unrest for the indigenous peoples, who were displeased about the arrival of missionaries and other settlers. Morris was involved in negotiating treaties over issues such as land rights, publishing this account in 1880. He provides some historical context to the many negotiations in which he participated as well as some of his thoughts on how the agreements could best be implemented. The work, which also includes the full texts of these treaties, remains a valuable source on the history of the relationship between Europeans and indigenous peoples during the settlement of the outer reaches of Canada.

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Ce livre raconte « une autre histoire » : parcourant cinq siècles, il présente, à partir aussi bien de textes d'une actualité proche que de récits plongeant dans les temps immémoriaux du mythe, la résistance d'un peuple à la négation de son existence. Le récit de leur résistance tenace à la colonisation et à la tentative d'extermination permet d'entendre directement leur parole, de les observer dans l'action, de les retrouver comme les partenaires d'une histoire commune où Euro-Américains et Amérindiens ont chacun joué leur rôle. Vus sous cet angle, les Amérindiens paraissent exemplaires : ils se sont opposés avec constance au vol de leurs terres, à la violence exterminatrice, à l'anéantissement de leurs structures sociales et de leurs cultures, saisissant les armes les plus propices – guerre, guérilla, recours légal, usage inversé de l'acculturation, ressourcement aux racines de la spiritualité ancestrale. Exemplaires dans leur refus de séparer la lutte pour la survie du combat pour l'identité, les Amérindiens concrétisent, par l'affirmation de leurs propres valeurs, le doute qui saisit le monde actuel sur le bien-fondé des civilisations technologiques, l'exploitation abusive des ressources naturelles, l'enfermement de l'homme blanc dans une vie consacrée au seul profit matériel.

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This important new book on the Yaqui people of the north Mexican state of Sonora examines the history of Yaqui-Spanish interactions from first contact in 1533 through Mexican independence in 1821. The Yaquis and the Empire is the first major publication to deal with the colonial history of the Yaqui people in more than thirty years and presents a finely wrought portrait of the colonial experience of the indigenous peoples of Mexico's Yaqui River Valley. In examining native engagement with the forces of the Spanish empire, Raphael Brewster Folsom identifies three ironies that emerged from the dynamic and ambiguous relationship of the Yaquis and their conquerors: the strategic use by the Yaquis of both resistance and collaboration; the intertwined roles of violence and negotiation in the colonial pact; and the surprising ability of the imperial power to remain effective despite its general weakness. Published in Cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University

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The Administration for Native Americans (ANA) promotes self-sufficiency for Native Americans by providing discretionary grant funding for community based projects, and training and technical assistance to eligible tribes and native organizations. The ANA web site offers information on programs, grants, training and technical assistance, and an extensive resource library.

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In Federalism and Subsidiarity, a distinguished interdisciplinary group of scholars in political science, law, and philosophy address the application and interaction of the concept of federalism within law and government. What are the best justifications for and conceptions of federalism? What are the most useful criteria for deciding what powers should be allocated to national governments and what powers reserved to state or provincial governments? What are the implications of the principle of subsidiarity for such questions? What should be the constitutional standing of cities in federations? Do we need to “remap” federalism to reckon with the emergence of translocal and transnational organizations with porous boundaries that are not reflected in traditional jurisdictional conceptions? Examining these questions and more, this latest installation in the NOMOS series sheds new light on the allocation of power within federations.

LAW / Constitutional. --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Law Enforcement. --- LAW / Government / Federal. --- Central-local government relations --- Competent authority --- Subsidiarity --- Local government --- Federal government --- Center-periphery government relations --- Local-central government relations --- Local government-central government relations --- Political science --- Decentralization in government --- Competence (Legal authority) --- Public officers --- Sociology --- States' rights (American politics)