tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20836152.post5452724044883718160..comments2024-02-17T00:17:30.916+13:00Comments on He Hōaka: Muddying the watersKim McBreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07472161630620747887noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20836152.post-80383526511737942422012-08-05T14:22:16.487+12:002012-08-05T14:22:16.487+12:00"In short, most of the land and resource clai..."In short, most of the land and resource claims are pretty similar. Prior to European arrival, tangata whenua had mana for their rohe and everything within it. If tangata whenua have not given that mana to someone else, then they must retain responsibility (mana/ rangatiratanga). It doesn’t matter how many times the Crown says “but you can’t own [whatever they are currently trying to take control of]”. It doesn’t matter how much the Crown wants to take control or has always assumed that it has control of something, be it the coastline, radio spectrum, fresh water or anything else. If tangata whenua haven’t given it away, then responsibility must remain with them. Really simple stuff."<br /><br />I'm reading a really interesting book called 'Archive Stories' which has a paper in it that totally reflects this comment. The paper, called 'The Colonial Archive on Trial: Possession, Dispossession, and History in Delgamuukw v. British Columbia' by Adele Perry, looks at how the judge in that historic Canadian case used the lack of any indigenous 'archive' as proof of non-ownership, ie oral tradition and indigenous 'archives' were disregarded in the court of law. The very simple claim of the two peoples, Gitksan and Wet.suwet.en, that sovereignty was intact unless explicitly otherwise agreed, documented and archived; was shifted into a western historical narrative that used their oral culture against them.<br /><br />Sorry if you already know about this case, I'm discovering it for the first time. Striking similaritie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delgamuukw_v._British_Columbia).<br /><br />JaredJared Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328183560198975481noreply@blogger.com