Table of Contents

Foreword / Sharon Venne-Manyfingers

Introduction

Part 1: Anthropology and Law

1 My Life in Anthropology and Law

2 Symbolic Violence, Trauma, and Human Rights

3 Thinning the Evidence, Discrediting the Expert Witness

4 Entering Evidence in an Adversarial System

5 Anthropologists versus Lawyers

Part 2: The Tribunal

6 The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal

7 McCue v. University of British Columbia

8 Menzies v. Vancouver Police Department

Conclusion

Caselaw and Legal Materials; References; Index

Promotional Information

Witness to the Human Rights Tribunals offers a behind-the-scenes account of the difficulties facing Indigenous people in human rights tribunals, and the struggles of experts to keep their own testimony from being undermined.

About the Author

Bruce Granville Miller is a professor of anthropology at the University of British Columbia. He has served as an expert witness in numerous human rights tribunal cases and his work with Indigenous communities in the context of presenting oral history has been particularly instrumental. Among his many publications are Oral History on Trial: Recognizing Aboriginal Narratives in the Courts and “Be of Good Mind”: Essays on the Coast Salish.

Reviews

"This book is a masterful analysis of the ongoing struggle over Indigenous litigation in Canada and the US, written by one of the leading experts on the subject."
*BC Studies*

"[Miller’s] approach is valuable. It allows critical details that would be ignored by lawyers and case reports to be recorded"
*JACANZS*

engagingly practical instead of theoretical.
*CHOICE Connect*