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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459953103321

Autore

Grammond Sébastien <1970->

Titolo

Identity captured by law [[electronic resource] ] : membership in Canada's indigenous peoples and linguistic minorities / / Sébastien  Grammond

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal, : McGill-Queens's University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-86674-5

9786612866746

0-7735-7629-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Disciplina

342.7108/72

Soggetti

Linguistic minorities - Legal status, laws, etc - Canada

Human rights - Canada

Indigenous peoples - Legal status, laws, etc - Canada

Indians of North America - Legal status, laws, etc - Canada

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Oxford, 2004.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-247) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Ethnicity, equality, and minority rights -- Assessing membership control -- Membership criteria in the Indian Act, 1850-1985 -- Modern definitions of indigenous identity -- Access to minority-language education.