LibGuides: Indigenous Law / Indigenous Legal Traditions: Books on Indigenous Law

Selected Books about Indigenous Law from the library catalogue

Indigenous Legal Traditions by Law Commission of Canada
Call Number: Electronic
ISBN: 9780774813709
Publication Date: 2007
"The essays in this book present important perspectives on the role of indigenous legal traditions in reclaiming and preserving the autonomy of Aboriginal communities and in reconciling the relationship between these communities and Canadian governments. Common threads linking the essays include the relationship between indigenous and Canadian legal orders, the importance of indigenous legal traditions for Aboriginal communities' autonomy, and the ways in which these traditions might be recognized and given space in the Canadian legal landscape.
Freedom and indigenous constitutionalism by John Borrows
Call Number: KIA20 C66B6738 2016
ISBN: 9781442630949
Publication Date: 2016
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'Hang onto These Words' by Antonia Mills (Editor)
Call Number: Electronic
ISBN: 9780802085344
Publication Date: 2005-12-24
In 1985 and 1986, ninety-year-old Witsuwit'en Chief, Maxlaxlex - or Johnny David as he is better known - was the first Witsuwit'en to give Commission Evidence in the Delgamuukw land claims case. 'Hang Onto These Words' presents the actual transcripts of the questions and answers between lawyers working on both sides and this knowledgeable and outspoken Native elder who spoke in his own language and whose words were then translated by an interpreter into English.
Otter's journey through indigenous language and law by Lindsay Keegitah Borrows
Call Number: KIB190 B67 2018
ISBN: 9780774836579
Publication Date: 2018
Recovering Canada by John Borrows
Call Number: KIB190 B68 2002
ISBN: 9780802085016
Publication Date: 2002-12-14
Canada is covered by a system of law and governance that largely obscures and ignores the presence of pre-existing Indigenous regimes. Indigenous law, however, has continuing relevance for both Aboriginal peoples and the Canadian state. In his in-depth examination of the continued existence and application of Indigenous legal values, John Borrows suggests how First Nations laws could be applied by Canadian courts, and tempers this by pointing out the many difficulties that would occur if the courts attempted to follow such an approach. By contrasting and comparing Aboriginal stories and Canadian case law, and interweaving political commentary, Borrows argues that there is a better way to constitute Aboriginal / Crown relations in Canada.
First Nations cultural heritage and law : case studies, voices, and perspectives / by Catherine Bell and Val Napoleon eds
Call Number: KIB190 F57 2008
ISBN: 9780774814614
Publication Date: 2008
Native Claims by Saliha Belmessous (Editor)
Call Number: Electronic
ISBN: 9780199386116
Publication Date: 2011
This groundbreaking collection of essays shows that, from the moment European expansion commenced through to the twentieth century, indigenous peoples from America, Africa, Australia and New Zealand drafted legal strategies to contest dispossession. The story of indigenous resistance to European colonization is well known. But legal resistance has been wrongly understood to be a relatively recent phenomenon. These essays demonstrate how indigenous peoples throughout the world opposed colonization not only with force, but also with ideas. They made claims to territory using legal arguments drawn from their own understanding of a law that applies between peoples - a kind of law of nations, comparable to that being developed by Europeans. .
Reading the wampum : essays on Hodinohso:ni' visual code and epistemological recovery by Penelope Myrtle Kelsey
Call Number: PS153 I52K45 2014
ISBN: 0815633661
Publication Date: 2014

KI Classification

Searching for books on Indigenous Law in the library catalogue is best done using the name of a First Nation, a geographic location, along with the terms land, law, legal etc. For example: Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws,

Recently published books (monographs) on the Law of Indigenous Peoples in North America will now be found shelved in the following call number areas: KIA to KIX. Books on treaties are included in KI. KI does not include Canadian law relevant to Indigenous People, particularly the Indian Act, or materials published by Continuing Legal Education of British Columbia, RCAP, and historical publications by the Royal BC Museum and the Museum of Civilization.

KI - Law of Indigenous peoples in the Americas

KIA201- Indigenous Law: Arctic and Sub-arctic Regions - Northern Canada

KIB Indigenous Law : Canada General

KIC - Indigenous Law: Canada Eastern

KID - Indigenous Law Canada Western

KIE - Indigenous Law United States General

KIF United States Northeast Atlantic

KIG United States South

KIH United States North Central

KIJ - United States Pacific Northwest

KIK United States New Southwest

KIL - Indigenous Law Mexico

etc

https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/KIA-intro.pdf