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1 born digital textual transcript in PDF (Portable Document Format)
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This file consists of an oral history interview with John Borrows, and associated documents. The interview was conducted by Armando Perla on February 17, 2014.
Dr. Borrows speaks about:
• His family, Anishinaabe background and experiences growing up around the Cape Croker Indian Reserve, near Georgian Bay, Ontario.
• His Aboriginal focus in both his LLM and PhD degrees, and teaching law at places such as the University of Victoria Law School and the University of Minnesota Law School.
• How legal traditions and treaties in Canada, such as the Royal Proclamation, Constitution Act, Great Peace of Montreal, etc., impact and interact with Indigenous peoples and their legal traditions.
• The development of Indigenous legal traditions and courts, and their future role in common law and civil law practices in Canada.
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