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Title

Knots in a string : an introduction to native studies in Canada / by Peggy Brizinski.

Author

Brizinski, Peggy.

Publication

Saskatoon : University Extension Press, Extension Division, University of Saskatchewan, 1993, c1989.

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Description

432 p. : ill., maps; 28 cm.

Summary

This concise history of Indian, Metis and Inuit groups in Canada includes the origins of cultural diversity, the fur trade, relations with the state, aboriginal rights, native people and society, the north, a glossary of terms and references.

Subject

• Native peoples > Canada
• Autochtones > Canada
• Indigenous peoples > Canada
• Indians of North America > Canada
• Indigenous peoples > Canada

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction to native studies -- I. Development of native studies -- A. Towards a new discipline -- B. Recent programs -- C. A multi-faceted pursuit -- II. Society and culture -- A. Many memberships -- B. Assimilation and acculturation -- III. Classification in diversity -- A. Indian people -- B. Inuit or Eskimo people -- C. Métid people -- IV. Identity in diversity -- A. How identity develops -- B. A native perspective -- chapter 2. Origins of cultural diversity-precontact Indian culture -- I. Origins -- A. Myth -- B. Biblical and popular theories of origins -- C. The Bering Strait theory -- D. The theory of American genesis -- II. Growth of cultural complexity -- A. Paleo-Indians -- B. The archaic tradition -- C. The woodlands tradition -- D. Arctic and sub-arctic traditions : recent origins -- III. Cultural diversity at contact -- A. Evidence -- B. Ecological/geographic areas -- C. Culture variation -- D. Political organization -- E. Language families -- chapter 3. Native people and the fur trade -- I. The Europeans -- A. Enter the Europeans : an overview of fur trade history -- B. The first stages of trade : what did the Europeans bring? -- C. The fur trade : how did traders interact with the Indians? -- II. The Indians -- A. Theories of involvement -- B. Traditional Plains Indian societies -- C. Plains Indians and the fur trade -- D. The fur trade in the north -- III. The Métis -- A. Origins of the Métis -- B. Red River Métis as nation and culture -- C. Resistance and aftermath -- chapter 4. Native people and the state -- I. Introduction: The "four dimensions" of Native-state relations -- II. Early policy foundations -- A. Images and intent -- B. Land and government -- III. Legal and policy precedents -- A. Royal Proclamation of 1763 -- B. Reserve policy -- C. The British North America Act of 1867 -- IV. The treaties -- A. Nature and types of treaties -- B. Numbered treaties and treaty rights -- V. The Indian Act : legislation, administration, and policy -- A. Prohibition of ceremonies -- B. Status -- VI. After the treaties : reserves on the western prairies -- A. Agricultural policies -- B. Growth of Indian organizations -- VII. Government administration in the north -- A. General history -- B. Political jurisdictions and powers -- VIII. The White Paper of 1969 -- A. Government intent -- B. Indian reaction to the White Paper -- chapter 5. Aboriginal and treaty rights to the land -- I. The concept of Aboriginal rights -- A. Unity -- B. Aboriginal rights -- C. Relationships -- II. Land claims -- A. Defining ownership rights -- B. Specific land claims -- C. Comprehensive claims -- status, non-status, Inuit -- D. Métis land rights -- E. Special case: The Lubicon Lake people and their land -- F. Special case: The Oka land dispute -- chapter 6. The search for self-government -- I. Defining Aboriginal self-government -- A. Issues in the search for self-government -- B. Players in the search for self-government -- C. Options -- II. The constitutional odyssey -- A. The Constitutional Act, 1982 -- B. The constitution talks -- C. 1987: the end of the constitutional journey? -- D. The Meech Lake Accord -- III. Federal policy and legislative options -- A. Legislative change toward local self-government -- B. The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples -- IV. Back to the constitutional table -- A. The chronology -- B. The vote -- V. Self-government in the north -- A. The Yukon -- B. Nunavut -- C. The Western NWT -- chapter 7. Native people and society -- I. Introduction -- A. Environments -- B. Adaptations -- C. Identification of issues -- II. Theories of inequality in society -- A. Economic theories -- B. Cultural theories -- III. Public services -- A. Target areas and delivery -- B. Problems in providing services -- IV. Alternative programs and solutions -- V. The justice system -- A. The justice cycle -- B. The reviews -- C. The solutions.

ISBN

0888802943

LCCN

cn^93098157^

OCLC

28850025

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library