Geographically, demographically, and politically, South Africa and Canada are two countries that are very far apart. What they have in common are indigenous populations, which, because of their historical and ongoing experience of colonization and dispossession, share a hunger for land and human dignity.
Based on extensive research carried out in both countries, A Common Hunger is a comparative work on the history of indigenous land rights in Canada and post-apartheid South Africa. Joan Fairweather has constructed a balanced examination of the impact of land dispossession on the lives of indigenous peoples in both countries and their response to centuries of European domination. By reclaiming rights to the land and an equitable share in the wealth-producing resources they contain, the first peoples of Canada and South Africa are taking important steps to confront the legacies of poverty that characterize many of their communities. A Common Hunger provides historical context to the current land claim process in these two former British colonies and examines the efforts of governments and the courts to ensure that justice is done.
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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Title Page 4
- Bibliographic Information 5
- Dedication 6
- Contents 8
- Preface 12
- Maps 17
- List of Illustrations 21
- List of Maps & Acknowledgements 22
- Introduction 24
- Canada and South Africa 24
- Aboriginal Rights and International Law 26
- The clearing of lands and languages 30
- Part One: Dispossession 42
- Chapter 1: The Land and the People 44
- The First Peoples of the Cape of Good Hope 44
- The First Peoples of North America 50
- Slavery in New France and the Cape Colony 55
- British North America 57
- The Cape under British Rule 61
- Frontier Societies 62
- Conclusion 65
- Chapter 2: Land Rights and Treaties 66
- Introduction 66
- Canadian Treaties 67
- Treaties in Colonial South Africa 72
- Discussion: Strategies of Land Alienation 79
- Conclusion 83
- Chapter 3: Sovereignty and Segregation 86
- Introduction 86
- Sovereignty and Constitutional Rights in Canada 86
- Assimilation in Twentieth-Century Canada 91
- Sovereignty in South Africa 95
- Pragmatic Segregation in South Africa 97
- Ideological Segregation: Apartheid South Africa 103
- The Struggle for Sovereignty in South Africa 108
- Challenging the Concept of Sovereignty in Canada 112
- Conclusion 116
- Part Two: Reclaiming the Land 118
- Chapter 4: Litigation 120
- Introduction 120
- Aboriginal Rights Court Cases in Canada 121
- The Gitxsan and Wet’suwet’en of British Columbia 122
- Delgamuukw v. British Columbia (1997) 126
- Aboriginal Litigation in South Africa 128
- The Richtersveld Case: Background 128
- The Richtersveld Community v. Alexkor Ltd. 132
- Conclusion 137
- Chapter 5: Negotiating Restitution 140
- Introduction 140
- Reclaiming the Land in South Africa 141
- The Restitution Process in South Africa 142
- Challenges to Restitution in South Africa 143
- Case Study: The Mogopa Community, 144
- Rebuilding Communities 146
- The Conservation Factor 148
- The Case of Kosi Bay, Maputaland (KwaZulu-Natal) 149
- Negotiating Land Restitution in Canada 152
- The Lubicon Cree, Alberta 154
- The B.C. Treaty Commission 157
- Conclusion 158
- Chapter 6: Self-Government 160
- Restoring Sovereignty 160
- Negotiating Self-Government in Canada 160
- The Sechelt Agreement 163
- The Inuit Peoples of the Northwest Territories 164
- The Nunavut Land Claim 166
- Reversing “Self Government” in the Former Bantustans 170
- Conclusion 174
- Part 3: Dealing with Legacies 176
- Chapter 7: Restoring Dignity 178
- The Hunger for Dignity 178
- Legacies of Dispossession in Canada 179
- Legacies of Dispossession in South Africa 183
- The Problem of “Invisibility” 189
- Land Matters: Restoring Dignity 192
- Conclusion 197
- Chapter 8: Reconciliation 200
- The Purpose of Public Inquiries 200
- Canada’s Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (1991–96) 200
- Critiquing the RCAP Process 203
- South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission996–98) 204
- Critiquing the TRC 206
- Reparations 210
- Uncovering the Truth 210
- Conclusion 217
- Conclusion 220
- Why Land Rights Matter 220
- The Task of Nation-building in South Africa 222
- The Power of Stories (Canada) 227
- Appendix: Australia and New Zealand 230
- Notes 238
- Preface 238
- Introduction 238
- Chapter 1 240
- Chapter 2 242
- Chapter 3 244
- Chapter 4 246
- Chapter 5 248
- Chapter 6 249
- Chapter 7 250
- Chapter 8 252
- Conclusion 254
- Appenix: Australia and New Zealand 254
- Bibliography 256
- Index 270
- Africa: Missing Voices Series Information 285
- Back Cover 286
