Against the odds : the Indigenous rights cases of Thomas R. Berger /

Against the odds : the Indigenous rights cases of Thomas R. Berger /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Berger, Thomas R., author, essayist.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Calgary, Alberta : Durvile & UpRoute, 2024. ©2024
Description:	xii, 299 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	The Durvile True Cases series ; book 11 True cases ; bk 11.
Subject:	Berger, Thomas R. Indigenous justice. Indigenous peoples -- Civil rights -- Canada. Indigenous peoples -- Civil rights -- North America. Indigenous peoples -- Crimes against -- Canada. Indigenous peoples -- Crimes against -- United States. Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- History. Indigenous peoples -- United States -- History. Trials -- Canada. Trials -- United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13561188

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Varying Form of Title:	Indigenous rights cases of Thomas R. Berger
Other authors / contributors:	Wake, Drew Anne, author, editor. Jackson, Michael, author, photographer. Dorough, Dalee Sambo, author Teillet, Jean, 1953- author MacCannell, Linda, photographer. Indigenous Resources Collection.
ISBN:	9781990735486 1990735487
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	Against the Odds documents the remarkable achievements of Thomas R. Berger in the legal field, including his pioneering work in advocating for Indigenous rights that courts in Canada and the US had previously overlooked. Mid-career, Justice Thomas Berger accepted the challenge of leading the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry in Canada's Northwest Territories. He organized the Inquiry to give northern First Nations an equal voice in the proceedings by holding thirty community hearings in which all were invited to participate. Berger's careful, reasoned arguments prevailed time and time again. Later in his career, Justice Berger led public hearings into the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), focusing on its impacts on Native Alaskans. Against the Odds also features an exceptional gallery of full-colour, previously unpublished photographs of the Dene and Inuvialuit, taken by Michael Jackson KC, Special Counsel for the Berger Inquiry, and portrait photographer Linda MacCannell.

Table of Contents:

Foreword / Hamar Foster
Preface / Drew Ann Wake
The White and Bob case / Drew Ann Wake
A meeting at Port Edward / Thomas R. Berger
The common bowl / Drew Ann Wake
The caveat challenge / Drew Ann Wake
The inquiry mandate / Thomas R. Berger
Laying the foundation / Michael Jackson
Under cross-examination / Drew Ann Wake
The summer of ’75 / Drew Ann Wake, Michael Jackson
Northern photo album / Michael Jackson, Linda MacCannell
A winter warning / Drew Ann Wake
Inquiry: the recommendations / Thomas R. Berge
Caught in a controversy / Drew Ann Wake
Alaska Native Claims review / Dalee Sambo Dorough
Alaska in retrospect / Thomas R. Berger
The Manitoba Métis case / Jean Teillet
The Peel Watershed case / Drew Ann Wake
Epilogue: Weighing justice / Thomas R. Berger
Afterword: Between two worlds / Shaznay Waugh.