Stl'ul Nup

Legal Landscapes of the Hul'qumi'num Mustimuhw

Bibliographic Data

ID5786187
AuthorsSarah Morales (University of Ottawa, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume33
Issue1
Pages103-123
Publication date2017-01-29
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWindsor Yearbook of Access to Justice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0710-0841 • E-ISSN: 2561-5017
PublisherUniversity of Windsor Leddy Library (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.22329/wyaj.v33i1.4813
OpenAlexW2597031627
LanguageEN
Citations received2

Landscape is a part of every individual's sense of being. However, one cannot deny the special relationships that Indigenous peoples maintain with places they have inhabited since the beginning of creation. These places are deeply imbued with meaning, and are sites of personal and community identity. In addition, these places are legal in nature. They teach Indigenous people about their legal obligations - to each other, their ancestors and the natural world. This paper examines the connection between land and law for the Hul'qumi'num Mustimuhw, a group of Island Hul'qumi'num speaking First Nations, located on southeastern Vancouver Island. It discusses how lands within Indigenous territories can be transformed into legal landscapes, when considered in relation to place, time and experience. It also examines specific legal landscapes within the Hul'qumi'num territory and explores the laws and regulations that reside within and flow from them. Through this paper, one can gain insight into how these places inform the Hul'qumi'num lgal tradition and impart important teachings to the Hul'qumi'num Mustimuhw about the nature of their relationship and their obligations to particular places and inhabitants of those places

Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Ethnology · Geography · Humanities · Indigenous · Political science · Sociology · Canadian Identity and History · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies · Philosophy · Ecology

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