Political Science 2230E Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Wampum, Douglas Treaties, Numbered Treaties
11 Mar 2016
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Indigenous politics 2: what is the difference between the contingent rights approach and the inherent rights approach to. Two-row wampum dutch treaty in 1613 and wampum belt with two parallel lines representing two nations travelling down same river, neither in each other"s way and neither interfering: share jurisdiction as defined in treaties. At least a dual system of law indigenous nations and settlers in shared states. Look at terms of treaties varies from treaty to treaty, some provided british law would be in the new settlements, some agreed that civil law would be used. No treaty established british law would be applied in indigenous territories because sovereignty was never ceded via treaty: territorial management. Many treaties, aboriginals did not understand they were giving title to land. Jurisdiction when talking about property, it means title to land but jurisdiction is about an entitlement or right to live on the land.
