Cis dideen kat – When the Plumes Rise

Cis dideen kat – When the Plumes Rise

EnglishPaperback / softback
Fiske, Jo-Anne
University of British Columbia Press
EAN: 9780774808125
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The heart of the traditional legal order of the Lake Babine Nation of north-central British Columbia is the grand ceremonial feast known as the balhats, or potlatch. Misunderstood and widely condemned as a wasteful display of pride, the balhats ceremonies were outlawed by the Canadian government in the late nineteenth century. Throughout the years that followed, the Lake Babine Nation struggled to adapt their laws to a changing society while maintaining their cultural identity.

Although the widespread feasting and exchange practices of the balhats have attracted continuous academic and political interest since the nineteenth century, little consideration has been given to understanding the legal practices embedded within the ceremonies. Cis dideen kat, the only book ever written about the Lake Babine Nation, describes the customary legal practices that constitute “the way.”

Authors Jo-Anne Fiske and Betty Patrick use historical and contemporary data to create a background against which the changing relations between the Lake Babine Nation and the Canadian state are displayed and defined, leading to the current era of treaty negotiations and Aboriginal self-government.

Through interviews with community chiefs and elders, oral histories, focus groups, and archival research, Fiske and Patrick have documented and defined a traditional legal system still very much misunderstood. Their findings include material not previously published, making this book essential reading for those involved in treaty negotiations as well as for those with an interest in Aboriginal and state relations generally.

EAN 9780774808125
ISBN 0774808128
Binding Paperback / softback
Publisher University of British Columbia Press
Publication date May 1, 2001
Pages 272
Language English
Dimensions 229 x 152
Country Canada
Readership Professional & Scholarly
Authors Fiske, Jo-Anne; Patrick Betty
Illustrations 11 b&w illustrations, 3 maps