Métis Crown Relations

This book examines the evolving relationship between the Crown (ie. federal and provincial governments) and Canada's M tis people. It is comprised of papers presented to a national symposium jointly sponsored by the former Law Commission of Canada and the M tis National Council in Winnipeg in February 2006. Contributors include leading academics, lawyers, government officials and M tis leaders. The book analyzes the impact of s.35 of the Constitution Act which defines the M tis as an aboriginal people and the aboriginal rights which are guaranteed by the Constitution. Further it examines the recent jurisprudence, particularly R. v. Powley, which has helped to clarify both the meaning and substance of M tis aboriginal rights, and the limits of federal and provincial jurisdiction. Finally the book looks at models of self-governance for M tis communities.]> 02 M tis Crown Relations is comprised of papers presented to a national symposium jointly sponsored by the former Law Commission of Canada and the M tis National Council in Winnipeg in February 2006. 04 FOREWORD by Clem ChartierINTRODUCTION: Rights, Identity, Jurisdiction, and Governance: Current Issues in M tis-Government RelationsCHAPTER 1: Ethnohistory and the Development of Native Law in Canada: Advancing Aboriginal Rights or Re-inscribing Colonialism?

Arthur J. Ray CHAPTER 2: Defining the M tis of Canada: A Principled Approach to Crown-Aboriginal Relations

Paul L. A. H. ChartrandCHAPTER 3: Federal and Provincial Crown Obligations to the M tis

Jean Teillet CHAPTER 4: Beyond Space and Time -- A Purposive Examination of Section 91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867

Charlotte A. Bell CHAPTER 5: Are the M tis in Section 91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867? An Issue Caught in a Time-Warp Bradford W. Morse CHAPTER 6: Differences between the M tis Nation and the Crown: An Agenda for Law Reform

Mark L'Hirondelle Stevenson CHAPTER 7: "Neither Fish nor Indians" Pursuing Crown-M tis Relations through Historical Evidence Concerning Policies and the Constitution Act, 1930

Frank J. Tough8: M tis Interjurisdictional Immunity: A Third Way to Protect M tis Constitutional Rights?

Dale Gibson CHAPTER 9: Fiddling with Head 91(24): M tis Interjurisdictional Immunity

Albert C. Peeling CHAPTER 10: Interjurisdictional Immunity and M tis Aboriginal Rights: A Provincial Perspective

P. Mitch McAdamCHAPTER 11: The M tis and the Doctrine of Interjurisdictional Immunity: A Commentary

Kent McNeilCHAPTER 12: M tis Nation's Self-Government Agenda: Issues and Options for the Future

Jason MaddenCHAPTER 13: M tis Self-Government: Reflections on the Way Forward

Fred Caron CHAPTER 14: The Aboriginal Justice Inquiry - Child Welfare Initiative: Creating the M tis Child and Family Services Authority

Harvey Bostrom, Alison Rogan, and Richard Asselin CHAPTER 15: Government on the M tis Settlements: Foundations and Future Directions

Catherine Bell and Harold Robinson

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