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“Time Immemorial” and Indigenous Rights: A Genealogy and Three Case Studies ( C alder , V an der P eet , T silhqot'in ) from B ritish C olumbia
Author(s) -
Weir Lorraine
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of historical sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.186
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1467-6443
pISSN - 0952-1909
DOI - 10.1111/johs.12028
Subject(s) - indigenous , relation (database) , genealogy , history , ethnology , function (biology) , sociology , humanities , law , political science , philosophy , ecology , database , biology , computer science , evolutionary biology
Abstract “Time immemorial” has operated as a legal fiction in the discourse of colonization, performing a genealogical function in the construction of “antiquity” and “legal memory” in E nglish law, and repurposed in Indigenous rights cases in C anada. Beginning with a genealogical outline, this paper analyzes “time immemorial” in relation to Settler and Indigenous discourses of time, memory and the land in C alder , V an der P eet , and T silhqot'in .