Foreword: A Living Instrument / Phil Fontaine
Introduction: From Development to Implementation: An Ongoing Journey / Jackie Hartley, Paul Joffe, and Jennifer Preston
I: Development, Adoption, and Implementation
1. Reflections on the Development, Adoption, and Implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples / Kenneth Deer
2. Dreamtime Discovery: New Reality and Hope / Les Malezer
3. Survival, Dignity, and Well-Being: Implementing the Declaration in British Columbia / Grand Chief Edward John
II: States and Civil Society
4. Implementing the Declaration: A State Representative Perspective / Connie Taracena
5. Canada’s Opposition to the UN Declaration: Legitimate Concerns or Ideological Bias? / Paul Joffe
6. Realizing the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Partnerships with Non-Indigenous NGOs / Jennifer Preston
III: Treaty Rights and Free, Prior, and Informed Consent: Essential Aspects of Self-Determination
7. Consistent Advocacy: Treaty Rights and the UN Declaration / Wilton Littlechild
8. The Right to Free, Prior, and Informed Consent: A Framework for Harmonious Relations and New Processes for Redress / Andrea Carmen
9. The Significance of the UN Declaration to a Treaty Nation: A James Bay Cree Perspective / Romeo Saganash and Paul Joffe
IV: Dimensions of Collective and Individual Society
10. A Vision for Fulfilling the Indivisible Rights of Indigenous Women / M. Celeste McKay and Craig Benjamin
11. More than Words: Promoting and Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Children with International Human Rights Instruments / Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond
Conclusion: Hopes and Challenges on the Road Ahead / Jackie Hartley, Paul Joffe, and Jennifer Preston
Appendices:
Appendix I: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Appendix II*: Open Letter: Canada Needs to Implement this New Human Rights Instrument
Appendix III: Supportive Statements Worldwide
Notes
Index
Contributors
List of Abbreviations
* Some signatories to the Open Letter are missing in the printed book. A complete list is contained in an update available online.