Table of Contents

  1. INTRODUCTION
  2. TERMINOLOGY
  3. THE SEPARATE BUT EQUAL DOCTRINE
  4. ASSIMILATION AND CULTURAL LOSS
  5. AN ISSUE OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH
  6. PRE-CONTACT INDIAN CULTURE AND THE SHOCK OF THE NEW
  7. STILL WATERS STAGNATE
  8. TAKING  A LONGER VIEW OF TIME
  9. THE VIOLENCE AND DISPOSSESSION CAUSED BY MIGRATING PEOPLES
  10. GREAT  BRITAIN:  A CONQUEROR WITH A CONSCIENCE
  11. THE GRANT OF LEGAL RIGHTS TO CANADIAN INDIANS
  12. THE ESSENTIAL HUMANITY OF THE MIGRATORS TO CANADA
  13. THE END TIMES OF INDIAN CULTURES IN CANADA
  14. THE MYTH OF NATION TO NATION DEALINGS
  15. THE TREATIES:  FAIRLY  MADE AND HONOURABLY IMPLEMENTED
  16. THE ROBINSON TREATIES
  17. THE MANITOULIN TREATY
  18. THE MANITOBA TREATIES
  19. THE NORTH-WEST ANGLE TREATY
  20. THE PRAIRIE TREATIES
  21. COMMON THEMES
  22. THE EMASCULATION OF CROWN SOVEREIGNTY
  23. THE  HAIDA NATION CASE
  24. THE MIKISEW CREE CASE
  25. THE RIO TINTO CASE
  26. DANCING WITH DANEGELD
  27. THE ATTACK ON LAW AND ORDER
  28. THE FRONTENAC VENTURES BLOCKADE
  29. THE SHAKEDOWN OF PLATINEX
  30. KI: THE FIRST TWO LETTERS IN “KINDERGARTEN”
  31. THE IDLE NO MORE PROTESTS: TWO-TIER POLICING ON DISPLAY
  32. THE SOLID GOLD RESOURCES CASE: ONTARIO’S SOVEREIGNTY GIVEAWAY
  33. THE 2012 ALGONQUIN LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT: THE DEAL OF THE (19TH) CENTURY
  34. THE IMPERATIVE OF SOLE CROWN AUTHORITY
  35. INDIAN RESERVES AS TAX HAVENS AND PLACES OF PRIVILEGED FISCAL IMMUNITY
  36. DEVOLVING CONTROL OF EDUCATION TO INDIANS
  37. A “FIRST NATIONS” EDUCATION
  38. THE ACADEMIC GYP OF IDENTITY STUDIES
  39. INDIAN RESERVES: CANADA’S NATIONAL SYSTEM OF GATED COMMUNITIES             
  40. SETTING INDIANS FREE FROM THEIR PAST
  41. RETHINKING THE “HONOUR OF THE CROWN” PRINCIPLE
  42. OUR LIBERAL VALUES
  43. THE MYTH OF RACE AND RACIAL DIFFERENCES
  44. THE AMYGDALA FACTOR: OUR CIVIC DUTY TO GIVE NO LEGAL OR POLITICAL EFFECTS TO RACE-THINKING
  45. DISMANTLING THE COLOSSUS
  46. WHY BOTHER?
  47. AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION AND OVERIDING HAIDA NATION JURISPRUDENCE
  48. ENDING THE RESERVE SYSTEM AND RACE-BASED LAWS
  49. CARE AND COMPASSION DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD
  50. IT’S NOT IMPOSSIBLE (NELSON MANDELA PROVED IT)

By: Peter Best