Telling It to the Judge

by Ray, Arthur J.; Teillet, Jean; Hutchins, Peter W.

• ISBN13: 9780773539525
• ISBN10: 0773539522
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-10-17
• Publisher: McGill Queens Univ

Summary

Arthur Ray's extensive knowledge in the history of the fur trade and Native economic history brought him into the courts as an expert witness in the mid-1980s. For over twenty-five years he has been a part of landmark litigation concerning treaty rights, Aboriginal title, and Metis rights. In Telling It to the Judge, Ray recalls lengthy courtroom battles over lines of evidence, historical interpretation, and philosophies of history, reflecting on the problems inherent in teaching history in the adversarial courtroom setting. Told with charm and based on extensive experience, Telling It to the Judge is a unique narrative of courtroom strategy in the effort to obtain constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and treaty rights.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	p. xi
List of Figures	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Foreword	p. xix
Introduction	p. xxiii
Prologue	p. xxxvii
Taking Fur Trade History to Court	p. 3
Roles and Reversals of the Historical Researcher	p. 17
Defending Traditional Fisheries and Harvesting Rights	p. 44
Interpretation of a Treaty: Share or Surrender?	p. 66
Witnessing on Behalf of a Forgotten People	p. 88
Defining Métis Communities and Customs	p. 105
Defending the Aboriginal Right to Hunt	p. 121
"To Educate the Court"	p. 145
Delgamuukw Exhibit No. 964: District Reports of Hudson's Bay Company Chief Trader	p. 161
Transcript of My PowerPoint Presentation in Samson, 3 October 2000	p. 202
Notes	p. 219
Bibliography	p. 245
Index	p. 253
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