In the pre-reserve era, Aboriginal bands in the northern plains
were relatively small multicultural communities that actively
maintained fluid and inclusive membership through traditional
kinship practices. These practices were governed by the Law of the
People as described in the traditional stories of Wisashkecahk, or
Elder Brother, that outlined social interaction, marriage,
adoption, and kinship roles and responsibilities. In Elder Brother
and the Law of the People, Robert Innes offers a detailed analysis
of the role of Elder Brother stories in historical and contemporary
kinship practices in Cowessess First Nation, located in
southeastern Saskatchewan. He reveals how these tradition-inspired
practices act to undermine legal and scholarly definitions of
""Indian"" and counter the perception that First Nations people
have internalized such classifications. He presents Cowessess's
successful negotiation of the 1996 Treaty Land Agreement and their
high inclusion rate of new ""Bill-C31s"" as evidence of the
persistence of historical kinship values and their continuing role
as the central unifying factor for band membership. Elder Brother
and the Law of the People presents an entirely new way of viewing
Aboriginal cultural identity on the northern plains.
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