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The Problem of Justice - Tradition and Law in the Coast Salish World (Paperback)
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The Problem of Justice - Tradition and Law in the Coast Salish World (Paperback)
Series: Fourth World Rising
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For the indigenous peoples of North America, the history of
colonialism has often meant a distortion of history, even, in some
cases, a loss or distorted sense of their own native practices of
justice. How contemporary native communities have dealt quite
differently with this dilemma is the subject of "The Problem of
Justice," a richly textured ethnographic study of indigenous
peoples struggling to reestablish control over justice in the face
of conflicting external and internal pressures. The peoples
discussed in this book are the Coast Salish communities along the
northwest coast of North America: the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe in
Washington State, the Sto: lo Nation in British Columbia, and the
South Island Tribal Council on Vancouver Island. Here we see how,
despite their common heritage and close ties, each of these
communities has taken a different direction in understanding and
establishing a system of tribal justice. Describing the
results--from the steadily expanding independence and jurisdiction
of the Upper Skagit Court to the collapse of the South Island
Justice Project--Bruce G. Miller advances an ethnographically
informed, comparative, historically based understanding of
aboriginal justice and the particular dilemmas tribal leaders and
community members face. His work makes a persuasive case for an
indigenous sovereignty associated with tribally controlled justice
programs that recognize diversity and at the same time allow for
internal dissent.
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