Telling it to the Judge: Taking Native History to Court

by Arthur J. Ray

Overview

Arthur Ray's extensive knowledge in the history of the fur trade and Native economic history brought him into the courts as an expert witness in the mid-1980s. For over twenty-five years he has been a part of landmark litigation concerning treaty rights, Aboriginal title, and Métis rights. In Telling It to the Judge, Ray recalls lengthy courtroom battles over lines of evidence, historical interpretation, and philosophies of history, reflecting on the problems inherent in teaching history in the adversarial courtroom setting. Told with charm and based on extensive experience, Telling It to the Judge is a unique narrative of courtroom strategy in the effort to obtain constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and treaty rights.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780773586482
Publisher:	McGill-Queens University Press
Publication date:	10/17/2011
Series:	McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern Studies , #65
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

Arthur J. Ray is professor emeritus of history at the University of British Columbia and author of An Illustrated History of Canada's Native People: I Have Lived Here Since the World Began.
Arthur J. Ray is professor emeritus of history at the University of British Columbia and author of Aboriginal Rights Claims and the Making and Remaking of History and Telling It to the Judge: Taking Native History to Court.