Cis Dideen Kat When the Plumes Rise (Paperback)

Jo-Anne Fiske

ISBN 10: 0774808128 / ISBN 13: 9780774808125

Published by University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, 2001

About this Item

Paperback. This book, the first to be written about the Lake Babine Nation in north-central British Columbia, examines its traditional legal order, self-identity, and their involvement in current treaty negotiations. Changing relations between the First Nations and the Canadian state have led to a new awareness of customary legal orders. These orders can help the state accommodate diverse approaches to judicial fairness and social justice, and offer a way for Aboriginal nations to maintain their identity and own moral order in a viable, self-defined and self-governed community. The Lake Babine Nation expresses this order through the balhats, or potlatch. Cis dideen kat describes their customary legal practices and interprets the changing relations between the Lake Babine Nation and the state. This book, the first to be written about the Lake Babine Nation in north-central British Columbia, examines its traditional legal order, self-identity, and their involvement in current treaty negotiations. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cis Dideen Kat When the Plumes Rise (Paperback)
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0774808128
• ISBN 13: 9780774808125
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This book, the first to be written about the Lake Babine Nation in north-central British Columbia, examines its traditional legal order, self-identity, and their involvement in current treaty negotiations.Changing relations between the First Nations and the Canadian state have led to a new awareness of customary legal orders. These orders can help the state accommodate diverse approaches to judicial fairness and social justice, and offer a way for Aboriginal nations to maintain their identity and moral order.

About the Author

Jo-Anne Fiske teaches in the departments of anthropology and women’s studies at the University of Northern British Columbia. Betty Patrick is chief of the Lake Babine Nation.