Michael Asch, An Anthropologist - 900 Words

Michael Asch, an anthropologist, has written a couple of books on First Nations Canadians and their location in the social and political hierarchy of Canada. Throughout his book, On Being Here to Stay, he makes many arguments and utilizes many cases and examples of the First Nations Canadians political and civil rights and examines the way the Canadian government has handled the task of placing the First Nations and aboriginal people into a western democracy and wester thought. Michael Asch explores the long road to amends with the sovereignty of Canada compared to the First Nations rights and the changes that occur. In Chapter Two in On Being Here to Stay, one finds the first legal argument Asch explores in his book. This legal argument is based in the case Calder v. Attorney General of British Columbia, which is often referred to as the â€Å"Calder Case,† took place in 1967. The Calder Case explored the rights of the Nisga compared to the rights of the Crown. The question regarded â€Å"’the aboriginal title, otherwise known as the Indian title†¦to their ancient tribal territory’ and that this title, which had ‘never been lawfully extinguished,’ encompassed an interest to benefit from activities on their ancestral lands.† The Nisga wanted to ensure that because they were living on the land before the settlers arrived, their land and rights were theirs no matter the different sovereignties who occupied other land. The judgment that was handed down in April 1969 by Justice J. GouldShow MoreRelatedStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 PagesCollege of Business at the University of Hawaii Bruce Bikle, California State University, Sacramento xxx Richard Blackburn, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill Weldon Blake, Bethune-Cookman College Carl Blencke, University of Central Florida Michael Bochenek, Elmhurst College Alicia Boisnier, State University of New York William H. Bommer, Cleveland State University Bryan Bonner, University of Utah Jessica Bradley, Clemson University Dr. Jerry Bream, Empire State College/ Niagara Frontier Center