In the voice - over that introduces his character, Hap Jackson, patriarch of a black sharecropping family, laments that African - Americans are barred from
land ownership through a combination of generational poverty and white plunder, drawing a direct connection between the racist oppression of former slaves and their lack of access to capital.
Not exact matches
The Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, Pennsylvania's Rep. Galusha Grow, managed the Act
through Congress and echoed a point made years earlier by former President James Madison that population growth would eventually make obsolete a broad - based property
ownership policy limited only to the
ownership of
land.
The demolitions often come about
through disputes over
land ownership but many claim it's simply state persecution.
In this faith - full interpretation of existence, Yahweh's claim to
ownership through creation and conservation of
land, life and substance is never an old claim, but a claim incessantly renewed in historical and timely event.
The State Government,
through the Special Task Force on
Land Grabbers set up by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode's administration, had on June 16, 2017 arraigned Lamina and others before the court over alleged forceful dispossession of residents from their legitimate rights to land owners
Land Grabbers set up by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode's administration, had on June 16, 2017 arraigned Lamina and others before the court over alleged forceful dispossession of residents from their legitimate rights to
land owners
land ownership.
The former reveals nuances about
land use,
ownership, and regulation in Tangier
through a story about neighbors rescuing a plot of
land and a palm tree.
Territory is claimed,
land contested, and
ownership asserted
through the use of marks, both physical and symbolic.
A trip to several libraries and institutions, including the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, prompted a newfound interest in Varejão that wasn't far from her original topics of concern: visual culture and the concept of occupation, identity, displacement,
land ownership, and imperialism
through the lens of the Native American Indians.
Through their feminist lens, the concept of «no man's
land» is mercurial: it is
land free from the presence and pressure of man,
land relations beyond
ownership and a space beyond the rein of the image.
These facilities bring economic development and diversification to over 100 rural communities
through land lease income, property tax payments,
ownership revenue and community benefits agreements.
And
through conversations with others in the growing climate justice movement, I began to see all kinds of ways that climate change could become a catalyzing force for positive change — how it could be the best argument progressives have ever had to demand the rebuilding and reviving of local economies; to reclaim our democracies from corrosive corporate influence; to block harmful new free trade deals and rewrite old ones; to invest in starving public infrastructure like mass transit and affordable housing; to take back
ownership of essential services like energy and water; to remake our sick agricultural system into something much healthier; to open borders to migrants whose displacement is linked to climate impacts; to finally respect Indigenous
land rights — all of which would help to end grotesque levels of inequality within our nations and between them.
Represented community group
through trial and appeals process in a dispute over
ownership of cottages built on
land owned by a town
Squatters» rights are rights of
land ownership that are gained
through use and occupation of
land that is legally owned by someone else.
The recently launched blockchain project Cardano is taking aim at tackling
land ownership challenges in Africa
through one of the companies backing the Cardano project, software solutions and engineering firm IOHK.
Spread opportunity
through transparent voting, small business
ownership,
land ownership, and global peer to - peer support
Ownership of
land and resources is accommodated by the NTA
through recognised or claimed native title rights and interests.
The
ownership or, to a lesser extent, joint management of national parks provides another measure of economic independence
through land rights.
Land rights legislation can give effect to self - determination
through recognising prior Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
ownership of Australia and by creating a legal and geographical space in which Indigenous law and custom has effect and can contribute to self - directed development into the future.
The Committee is concerned, despite positive developments towards recognising the
land rights of the Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders
through judicial decisions (Mabo 1992, Wik 1996) and enactment of the Native Title Act of 1993, as well as actual demarcation of considerable areas of
land, that in many areas native title rights and interests remain unresolved and that the Native Title Amendments of 1998 in some respects limits the rights of indigenous persons and communities, in particular in the field of effective participation in all matters affecting
land ownership and use, and affects their interests in native title
lands, particularly pastoral
lands.
The objective of this proposal appears to have been to turn Indigenous settlements into «normal townships», in part by overriding traditional
land ownership laws and the responsibilities of traditional custodians
through the device of a «headlease».
Nor have the principles addressed the cultural context of communities in terms of communal
ownership of
land and the economic benefits that can be gained from Indigenous communities» strong connection to their
land through an ongoing and vibrant culture.
- The Masig community recognises that adaptation will raise issues that must be addressed within the community, such as
land ownership and traditional rights, and the community is willing to work
through these issues.
A reform process should instead aim to provide long - term clarity
through changes that deliver improved Indigenous
land ownership, support the development of local governance and allow communities to meet their development needs.
In particular, the third NIC Principle recommends that individual leases be granted over communal Indigenous
land, consistent with individual home
ownership and entrepreneurship.7 It is relevant, then, to review what the difference is between a lease and freehold (or fee simple) title to
land, as well as what rights a lessor and lessee may enjoy
through a lease.
The Court found that the right of everyone to use and enjoy their property extended to Indigenous communal
ownership of
land «
through an evolutionary interpretation of international instruments for the protection of human rights».
As international experience in the United States and New Zealand demonstrate, the path to economic development or increased private home
ownership is not necessarily realised
through the individual titling of communally owned
lands.
Strategies: Maintain effective representation in Aboriginal Housing Authority; promote employment / business development opportunities
through established Indigenous building companies to manage Indigenous efforts; encourage private home
ownership by removing constraints to housing finance on Aboriginal
land; promoting use of alternative energy and rain water harvesting; develop committed plans to replace asbestos within housing occupied by Indigenous people.
[t] hrough the Article on self - determination, the Declaration recognises the entitlement of Indigenous peoples to have control over their destiny and to be treated respectfully... We support Indigenous peoples» aspirations to develop a level of economic independence so they can manage their own affairs and maintain their strong culture and identity... We also respect the desire, both past and present, of Indigenous peoples to maintain and strengthen their distinctive spiritual relationship with
lands and waters... [and][w] here possible, the Australian Government encourages
land use and
ownership issues to be resolved
through mediation and negotiation rather than litigation.
The Committee is concerned, despite positive developments towards recognizing the
land rights of the Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders
through judicial decisions (Mabo, 1992; Wik, 1996) and enactment of the Native Title Act of 1993, as well as actual demarcation of considerable areas of
land, that in many areas native title rights and interests remain unresolved and that the Native Title Amendments of 1998 in some respects limit the rights of indigenous persons and communities, in particular in the field of effective participation in all matters affecting
land ownership and use, and affects their interests in native title
lands, particularly pastoral
lands.
despite positive developments towards recognising the
land rights of the Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders
through judicial decisions (Mabo 1992, Wik 1996) and enactment of the Native Title Act of 1993, as well as actual demarcation of considerable areas of
land, that in many areas native title rights and interests remain unresolved and that the Native Title Amendments of 1998 in some respects limits the rights of indigenous persons and communities, in particular in the field of effective participation in all matters affecting
land ownership and use, and affects their interests in native title
lands, particularly pastoral
lands.
Many also sought to improve their lot
through ownership of
land.
Michigan's highest court has considered whether the government could,
through a condemnation proceeding, shift
ownership of
land from one private owner to another, on the grounds that the second owner was going to create a business park which would benefit the entire community.