A New Look At Canadian Indian Policy
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Author | : Gordon Gibson |
Publisher | : The Fraser Institute |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Indians of North America |
ISBN | : 0889752435 |
The relationship between the individual and the collective has been the major force in human life from time immemorial but the character of that relationship has evolved over time. In one dark corner of this long drama, a special case of the relationship between individual and collective has been playing out in Canada in the lives of Native Indians. In this particular corner, the collective assumes an importance unthinkable in the mainstream. Indian policy, imposed by the mainstream on some Canadians - "Indians" - has built for them a world that is both a fortress and a prison. The effects on the individuals within that system have been profound.
Author | : Bob Joseph |
Publisher | : Indigenous Relations Press |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2018-04-10 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780995266520 |
Based on a viral article, 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act is the essential guide to understanding the legal document and its repercussion on generations of Indigenous Peoples, written by a leading cultural sensitivity trainer.Since its creation in 1876, the Indian Act has shaped, controlled, and constrained the lives and opportunities of Indigenous Peoples, and is at the root of many enduring stereotypes. Bob Joseph's book comes at a key time in the reconciliation process, when awareness from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities is at a crescendo. Joseph explains how Indigenous Peoples can step out from under the Indian Act and return to self-government, self-determination, and self-reliance--and why doing so would result in a better country for every Canadian. He dissects the complex issues around truth and reconciliation, and clearly demonstrates why learning about the Indian Act's cruel, enduring legacy is essential for the country to move toward true reconciliation.
Author | : Harold Cardinal |
Publisher | : CNIB, [197-] |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
The story of the Indian peoples' fight for justice through the tunnels and mazes of bureaucracy. An affirmation of the Indian way of life, of the Indian religion, and a demand for acceptance of the Alberta proposal for a new Indian Act. Chapters cover the Indian Act, Indian organization, education, economic development and aboriginal rights.
Author | : Robert J. Surtees |
Publisher | : Bloomington : Published for the Newberry Library [by] Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 124 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : |
Contains a bibliographic essay on Canadian Indian policy from 1608 to the present, an alphabetical list of all works cited with items suitable for secondary school students denoted, a list of recommended works for the beginner and a basic library collection list.
Author | : Alan C. Cairns |
Publisher | : UBC Press |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2011-11-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0774841354 |
In Citizens Plus, Alan Cairns unravels the historical record to clarify the current impasse in negotiations between Aboriginal peoples and the state. He considers the assimilationist policy assumptions of the imperial era, examines more recent government initiatives, and analyzes the emergence of the nation-to-nation paradigm given massive support by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. We are battered by contending visions, he argues - a revised assimilation policy that finds its support in the Canadian Alliance Party is countered by the nation-to-nation vision, which frames our future as coexisting solitudes. Citizens Plus stakes out a middle ground with its support for constitutional and institutional arrangements which will simultaneously recognize Aboriginal difference and reinforce a solidarity which binds us together in common citizenship. Selected as a BC Book for Everybody
Author | : Tom Flanagan |
Publisher | : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2008-09-12 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0773577556 |
Flanagan shows that this orthodoxy enriches a small elite of activists, politicians, administrators, and well-connected entrepreneurs, while bringing further misery to the very people it is supposed to help. Controversial and thought-provoking, First Nations? Second Thoughts dissects the prevailing ideology that determines public policy towards Canada's aboriginal peoples.
Author | : Alain MacAlpine Cunningham |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780815332244 |
This book explains the failures of Canadian Indian policy in terms of underlying deficiencies in development theories. The author shows how seemingly diverse theories in economics, sociology, planning and other disciplines can all be reduced to a fundamental dichotomy between liberal assimilationist doctrine, which "blames the victim" for their own problems, and the nationalist autonomist doctrine, which contrarily externalizes all blame for Indian "underdevelopment" on the state. Until recently, most government policy makers have been committed assimilationists. Beginning in the 1840s, Canadian governments instituted increasingly oppressive attempts at social engineering to destroy Indian cultures and to assimilate them to Western liberal ideals. These unsuccessful policies only served to fuel a reactive Indian nationalist movement which first coalesced to defeat the 1969 White Paper proposals for extinguishing native rights. The subsequent deadlock between state inaction and strident Indian nationalistic demands have left a policy vacuum, which has been filled by dependency-creating welfare programs. Autonomist theorists, while effectively criticizing assimilationism, ignore that contemporary Indian leaders often play a role in perpetuating this dependency. Rather than viewing Indian development from one polarized viewpoint or the other, the author promotes a new relational approach to explain how development problems are often simultaneously internal and external to Indian communities, and urges local community action to reduce their dependency on the central welfare state. (Ph.D. dissertation, University of British Columbia, 1996; revised with new preface)
Author | : C. B. Koester |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 8 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Indians of North America |
ISBN | : |
This brief paper is a study of the Treaties No. 1-7, concluded between 1871-1877, which were held to be the prime instrument of Canadian Indian policy in the North West during this period. It focuses on the various features of the treaties and concludes with an assessment of the motives of the participants (Indians, treaty commissioners and the government).
Author | : Jim Buchanan |
Publisher | : Monticello, Ill. : Vance Bibliographies |
Total Pages | : 42 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Indians of North America |
ISBN | : |
Bibliography which attempts to bring together literature about current Canadian government policy towards Indian peoples. Includes governmental statements and policies as well as articles critical of such policies. Consists of 370 items plus subject index.
Author | : Harold Cardinal |
Publisher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780295979090 |
Aboriginal people in Canada took hope with the election of Pierre Trudeau's Liberals in 1968. They were outraged when the White Paper introduced by Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Jean Chretien a year later amounted to an assimilation program: the repeal of the Indian Act, the transfer of Indian affairs to the provinces, and the elimination of separate legal status for Native people. The Unjust Society, Cree leader Harold Cardinal's stinging rebuttal, was an immediate best-seller, and it remains one of the most important books ever published in Canada. Possessed of a wicked gift for satire, Cardinal summed up the government's approach as "The only good Indian is a non-Indian". He coined the term "buckskin curtain" to describe the barriers that indifference, ignorance, and bigotry had placed in the way of his people. He insisted on his right to remain "a red tile in the Canadian mosaic". Above all, he called for radical changes in policy on aboriginal rights, education, social programs, and economic development. The Unjust Society heralded a profound change in the political landscape. Thirty years later, however, the buckskin curtain has still not disappeared. Canada's First Nations continue their fight for justice. And Harold Cardinal's vision is as compelling and powerful as ever.