Savage Anxieties: Global Justice, First Nations Land Claims, and Indigenous Peoples Human Rights under International Law from The IRMACS Centre Plus 1 year ago Not Yet Rated Rob Williams presentation begins at the 8 minute mark. A 30 minute Q&A session follows his presentation. SFU Presidents Dream Colloquium on Justice Beyond National Boundaries: Savage Anxieties: Global Justice, First Nations Land Claims, and Indigenous Peoples Human Rights under International Law Dr. Rob Williams, Jr., E. Thomas Sullivan Professor of Law and American Indian Studies, University of Arizona Rob Williams is a member of the Lumbee Indian Tribe of North Carolina and a recipient of many awards and honours for his research into Indian rights and the legal history of racism. He has also served as Chief Justice for the Court of Appeals, Pascua Yaqui Indian Reservation, and as Justice for the Court of Appeals and trial judge pro tem for the Tohono Oodham Nation. He is Jr. Faculty Co-Chair of the University of Arizona Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program and Lead Counsel in the case of the Hulquminum Treaty Group v. Canada (presently awaiting a decision on the Merits from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights). Savage Anxieties: Global Justice, First Nations Land Claims, and Indigenous Peoples Human Rights under International Law Thursday, March 21, 3:30 pm Lecture Abstract: Throughout the centuries, conquest, war, and unspeakable acts of racist violence and colonial dispossession have all been justified by citing Western civilizations fundamental opposition to the irreconcilable differences represented by indigenous tribal peoples. This Colloquium presentation is based on Professor Williams recently published book, Savage Anxieties: The Invention of Western Civilization. In the lecture, he will explore the history and consequences of the denial of indigenous peoples human rights to lands and resources in the West from the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans up through Canadas 21st century treaty negotiations with First Nations in Britsh Columbia and its 2007 vote against the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. vimeo/62880140
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