A Common Hunger: Land Rights in Canada and South Africa

Preface
Maps
List of Illustrations
List of Maps & Acknowledgements

Introduction
Canada and South Africa: Aboriginal Rights and International Law
The Clearing of Lands and Languages

Part One?Disposession

The Land and the People
The First Peoples of the Cape of Good Hope
The First Peoples of North America
Slavery in New France and the Cape Colony
British North America
The Cape under British Rule
Frontier Societies
Conclusion

Sovereignty and Segrigation
Introduction
Sovereignty and Constitutional Rights in Canada
Assimilation in Twentieth?Century Canada
Sovereignty in South Africa
Pragmatic Segregation in South Africa
Ideological Segregation: Apartheid South Africa
The Struggle for Sovereignty in South Africa
Challenging the Concept of Sovereignty in Canada
Conclusion

Part Two?Reclaiming the Land

Litigation
Introduction
Aboriginal Rights Court Cases in Canada
The Gitxsan and Wet?suwet?en of British Columbia
Delgamuukw v. British Columbia: The Supreme Court Decision (1997)
Aboriginal Litigation in South Africa
The Richtersveld Case: Background
The Richtersveld Community vs. Alexkor Ltd and the Government of the RSA (2000)
Conclusion

Negotiating Restitution
Introduction
Reclaiming the Land in South Africa
The Restitution Process in South Africa
Challenges to Restitution in South Africa
Case Study: The Mogopa Community, North West Province
Rebuilding Communities
The Conservation Factor
The Case of Kosi Bay, Maputland (KwaZulu?Natal)
Negotiating Land Restitution in Canada
The B.C. Treaty Comission
Conclusion

Self?Government
Restoring Sovereignty
Negotiating Self?Government in Canada
The Sechelt Agreement
The Inuit People of the Northwest Territories
The Nunavut Land Claim
Reversing "Self Government" in the Former Bantustans
Conclusion

Part Three?Dealing with Legacies

Restoring Dignity
The Hunger for Dignity
Legacies for Dispossession in Canada
Legacies of Dispossession in South Africa
The Problem of "Invsibility"
Land Matters: Restoring Dignity
Conclusion

Reconciliation
The Purpose of Public Inquiries
Canada?s Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (1991?96)
Critiquing the RCAP Process
South Africa?s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (1996?98)
Critiquing the TRC
Reparations
Uncovering the Truth
Conclusion

Conclusion
Why Land Rights Matter
The Task of Nation?building in South Africa
The Power of Stories (Canada)

Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index