Palmater, Pamela D.
Beyond Blood: Rethinking Indigenous Identity
- ISBN 13:
- 9781895830606
- author:
- Palmater, Pamela D.
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Purich Publishing
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2011
- Pages:
- 280
- Dimensions:
- 22.9 x 15.2 centimetres (0.51 kg
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Ethnic Studies,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Beyond Blood: Rethinking Indigenous Identity by Pamela Palmater The Indian Act's registration provisions threaten the existence of First Nations as legal and constitutional entities. This historic overview examines legislative enactments defining Indian status, their impact on First Nations, and contemporary court rulings dealing with Aboriginal rights. Pamela Palmater argues that descent-based rules, such as blood quantum, perpetuate discrimination against women and their descendants. She offers suggestions for a better way of determining Indigenous identity and citizenship, one based on ties to the community rather than blood or status. A crucial examination of band membership codes is also presented. As an expert in politics and law, Dr. Palmater sheds light on the need for the Indian Act to be revised, section by section, in full consultation with First Nations.
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