{"product_id":"on-being-here-to-stay-michael-asch-9781442610026","title":"On Being Here to Stay: Treaties and Aboriginal Rights in Canada","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat, other than numbers and power, justifies Canada's assertion of sovereignty and jurisdiction over the country's vast territory? Why should Canada's original inhabitants have to ask for rights to what was their land when non-Aboriginal people first arrived? The question lurks behind every court judgment on Indigenous rights, every demand that treaty obligations be fulfilled, and every land-claims negotiation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAddressing these questions has occupied anthropologist Michael Asch for nearly thirty years. In \u003cem\u003eOn Being Here to Stay\u003c\/em\u003e, Asch retells the story of Canada with a focus on the relationship between First Nations and settlers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsch proposes a way forward based on respecting the \"spirit and intent\" of treaties negotiated at the time of Confederation, through which, he argues, First Nations and settlers can establish an ethical way for both communities to be here to stay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Asch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442610026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442610026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/11\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.12w x 0.58d","brand":"Michael Asch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46110691852543,"sku":"9781442610026","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bbd760b7-321e-4216-ba1c-b88fe755cbcc.jpg?v=1725469492","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-being-here-to-stay-michael-asch-9781442610026","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}