Reviews

“The thoughtful and extensive consideration of the aboriginal perspective is the hallmark of this work. The author’s experience as a non-aboriginal living and working alongside First Nations people has given her a deep understanding of the values held by aboriginals which enables her to uniquely construe the issues affecting First Nations. Through revealing use of aboriginal experiences of suffering, paired with the governmental negotiation effects of silencing such suffering, the defects of the current system are exposed.”

- Kelly Bray, Saskatchewan Law Review, 2010, Vol. 73, pp. 157-158.

“The author offers an alternative model for native negotiation to attain rights to a decent standard of living and she sets out a novel study of self-government negotiations. This carefully research book by a hands-on highly qualified professional will be a must-have reference text for those striving to bring justice to First Peoples.”

– Ronald F. MacIsaac, The Barrister, September 2009, p. 20.

“This is a how-to text. The author tells us how the non-working, or at least unreasonably slow, land claims negotiations can be handled effectively and swiftly. She has set out a workable model for negotiations and her considerable experience working among the Dene, Métis and Inuvialuit peoples of Canada make her well qualified to design the same. In my view, the First Nations peoples of the Arctic and other areas of Canada would be well served if their governments adopted her program.”

– Ronald F. MacIsaac, The Verdict, Fall 2009, p. 54.