Landing Native Fisheries: Indian Reserves and Fishing Rights in British Columbia, 1849-1925

Awards:   Commended for Lieutenant-Governor's Medal for Historical Writing, British Columbia Historical Federation 2009 (Canada) Commended for Lieutenant-Governor’s Medal for Historical Writing, British Columbia Historical Federation 2009 (Canada) Winner of John T. Saywell Prize for Canadian Constitutional Legal History 2011 (Canada)
Author:   Douglas C. Harris
Publisher:   University of British Columbia Press
ISBN:  

9780774814201


Pages:   280
Publication Date:   01 January 2009
Replaced By:   9780774814195
Format:   Paperback
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Landing Native Fisheries: Indian Reserves and Fishing Rights in British Columbia, 1849-1925


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Awards

  • Commended for Lieutenant-Governor's Medal for Historical Writing, British Columbia Historical Federation 2009 (Canada)
  • Commended for Lieutenant-Governor’s Medal for Historical Writing, British Columbia Historical Federation 2009 (Canada)
  • Winner of John T. Saywell Prize for Canadian Constitutional Legal History 2011 (Canada)

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Author:   Douglas C. Harris
Publisher:   University of British Columbia Press
Imprint:   University of British Columbia Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.428kg
ISBN:  

9780774814201


ISBN 10:   0774814209
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   01 January 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Adult education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Further / Higher Education
Replaced By:   9780774814195
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Treaties, Reserves, and Fisheries Law 2 Land Follows Fish 3 Exclusive Fisheries 4 Exclusive Fisheries and the Public Right to Fish 5 Indian Reserves and Fisheries 6 Constructing an Indian Food Fishery 7 Licensing the Commercial Salmon Fishery 8 Land and Fisheries Detached Conclusion Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

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In this thorough and well-documented account, Harris demonstrates the importance of historical factors to the social and political geography of British Columbia. -- Stephen Bocking, Trent University The Canadian Geographer, 55, no 2 (2011)


In this important and original book, Douglas Harris demonstrates the vital connection between fisheries and reserve creation in British Columbia. In addition to providing fresh historical insights, this work has significant implications for contemporary Aboriginal land and fishing rights. - Kent McNeil, author of Common Law Aboriginal Title


Author Information

Douglas C. Harris is a member of the Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia and the author of Fish, Law, and Colonialism: The Legal Capture of Salmon in British Columbia.

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