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Knots in a string : an introduction to native studies in Canada
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- ISBN: 0888802943 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780888802941 (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
432 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
print - Edition: 2nd ed.
- Publisher: Saskatoon : University Extension Press, 1993.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-428) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction to Native Studies -- Development of Native studies -- Towards a new discipline -- Recent programs -- A multi-faceted pursuit -- Society and culture -- Many memberships -- Assimilation and acculturation -- Classification in diversity -- Indian people -- Inuit or Eskimo people -- Metis people -- Identity in diversity -- How identity develops -- A Native perspective -- Origins of cultural diversity - precontact Indian culture -- Origins -- Myth -- Biblical and popular theories of origins -- The Bering Strait theory -- The theory of American Genesis -- Growth of cultural complexity -- Paleo-Indians -- The Archaic tradition -- The woodlands tradition -- Arctic and sub-arctic traditions: recent origins -- Cultural diversity at contact -- Evidence -- Ecological/geographic areas -- Culture variation -- Political organization -- Language families -- Native people and the fur trade -- The Europeans -- Enter the Europeans: an overview of fur trade history -- The first stages of trade: what did the Europeans bring? -- The fur trade: how did traders interact with the Indians? -- The Indians -- Theories of involvment -- Traditional Plains Indian societies -- Plains Indians and the fur trade -- The fur trade in the North -- The Metis -- Origins of the Metis -- Red River Metis as nation and culture -- Resistance and aftermath -- Native people and the state -- The "Four Dimensions" of Native-state relations -- Early policy foundations -- Images and intent -- Land and government -- Legal and policy precedents -- Royal proclamation of 1763 -- Reserve policy -- The British North America Act of 1867 -- The treaties -- Nature and types of treaties -- Numbered treaties and treaty rights -- The Indian Act: legislation, administration, and policy -- Prohibition of ceremonies -- Status -- After the treaties: reserves on the Western prairies -- Agricultural policies -- Growth of Indian organizations -- Government administration in the North -- General history -- Political jurisdictions and powers -- The white paper of 1969 -- Government intent -- Indian reaction to the white paper -- Aboriginal and treaty rights to the land -- The concept of Aboriginal rights -- Unity -- Aboriginal rights -- Relationships -- Land claims -- Defining ownership rights -- Specific land claims -- Comprehensive claims - Status, non-status, Inuit -- Metis land rights -- Special case: the Lubicon Lake People and their land -- Special case: the Oka Land dispute -- The search for self-government -- Defining Aboriginal Self-government -- Issues in the Search for Self-government -- Players in the search for Self-government -- Options -- The constitutional odyssey -- The constitutional act, 1982 -- The constitution talks -- 1987: The end of the constitutional journey? -- The Meech Lake Accord -- Federal policy and legislative options -- Legislative change toward local self-government -- The Royal Commission on Aboriginal peoples -- Back to the Constitution table -- The chronology -- The vote -- Self-government in the North -- The Yukon -- Nunavut -- The Western NWT -- Native people and society -- Environments -- Adaptations -- Identification of issues -- Theories of inequality in society -- Economic theories -- Cultural theories -- Public services -- Target areas and delivery -- Problems in providing services -- Alternative programs and solutions -- The justice system -- The Justice cycle -- The reviews -- The solutions -- Glossary. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | Donation (copy 2 only) ; 2006/10 |
| Action Note: | Committed to retain 20170101 20321231 COPPUL SPAN Monograph |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIU Library - Cowichan Campus | E 78 C2 B94 1993 (Text) | M010771891 | STACKS | Volume hold | Available | - | ||
| VIU Library - Nanaimo Campus | E 78 C2 B94 1993 (Text) | M011193409 | STACKS | Volume hold | Available | - |
