Full Description
Indigenous peoples around the world are seeking greater control over tangible and intangible cultural heritage. In Canada, issues concerning repatriation and trade of material culture, heritage site protection, treatment of ancestral remains, and control over intangible heritage are governed by a complex legal and policy environment.This companion volume to First Nations Cultural Heritage and Law looks at the key features of Canadian, US, and international law influencing indigenous cultural heritage in Canada. Legal and extralegal avenues for reform are examined, including ethics codes, research protocols, institutional policies, human rights law, and First Nation legal orders. The book also discusses the opportunities and limits of existing frameworks and questions whether a radical shift in legal and political relations is necessary for First Nations concerns to be meaningfully addressed.
Contents
PrefaceIntroduction / Catherine Bell and Robert K. PatersonPart 1: Repatriation and Trade1 Restructuring the Relationship: Domestic Repatriation and Canadian Law Reform / Catherine Bell 2 International Movement of First Nations Cultural Heritage in Canadian Law / Catherine Bell and Robert K. Paterson3 The Protection and Repatriation of Indigenous Cultural Heritage in the United States / James NafzigerPart 2: Heritage Sites and Ancestral Remains4 Ancestral Remains in Institutional Collections: Proposals for Reform / Robert K. Paterson5 Unsitely: The Eclectic Regimes that Protect Aboriginal Cultural Places in Canada / Bruce Ziff and Melodie Hope6 Policies and Protocols for Archeological Sites and Associated Cultural Intellectual Property / George P. NicholasPart 3: Intangible Heritage7 The Interconnection of Intellectual Property and Cultural Property ("Traditional Knowledge") / Robert G. Howell and Roch Ripley8 First Nations Cultural Heritage Concerns: Prospects for Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions in International Law / Rosemary J. Coombe9 Non-Legal Instruments for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage: Key Roles for Ethical Codes and Community Protocols / Kelly BannisterPart 4: Human Rights and First Nations Law10 Indigenous Cultural Heritage Rights in International Human Rights Law / Mohsen al Attar, Nicole Aylwin, and Rosemary J. Coombe11 From Time Immemorial: The Recognition of Aboriginal Customary Law in Canada / Norman Zlotkin12 Looking beyond the Law: Questions about Indigenous Peoples' Tangible and Intangible Property / Val NapoleonConcluding Thoughts and Fundamental Questions / Michael AschAppendixIndex
