Rachel Ariss

RACHEL ARISS is an assistant professor in legal studies at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.

Books by Rachel Ariss

Keeping the Land

Keeping the Land

Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug, Reconciliation and Canadian Law

Rachel Ariss

When the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug’s traditional territory was threatened by mining explora- tion in 2006, they followed their traditional duty to protect the land and asked the mining exploration company, Platinex, to leave. Platinex left — and then sued the remote First Nation for $10 billion. The ensuing legal dispute lasted two years and eventually resulted in the jailing of community lead- ers. Ariss argues that though this jailing was extraordinarily punitive and is indicative… (more information)