Research Catalog

Title

Aboriginal peoples in Canada : contemporary conflicts / James S. Frideres, René R. Gadacz.

Author

Frideres, James S., 1943-

Publication

Toronto : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2005.

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Additional Authors

• Frideres, James.
• Gadacz, René R.

Description

xiii, 442 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Subject

• Indians of North America > Canada > Government relations
• Indians of North America > Canada > Social conditions
• Indians of North America > Legal status, laws, etc. > Canada
• Native peoples > Canada
• Native peoples > Canada > Politics and government
• Native peoples > Canada > Social conditions

Note

• Fourth ed. published under title: Native peoples in Canada. 2nd ed. published under title: Native people in Canada. 1st ed. published under title: Canada's Indians.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-438) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The legacy of Canadian colonialism -- Aboriginal Canada : identity and consciousness -- Profile of aboriginal people I : population and health -- Profile of aboriginal people II : social attributes -- The Canadian justice system : the tragedy and the travesty -- The new crucible of aboriginal revitalization : urban centres -- Indian treaties and Métis scrip : old promises and new struggles -- Contesting title and ownership : the modern claims and treaty process -- Self-determination and self-government : the rights of peoples -- The Inuit of the North : nation building in practice -- Voices and partners : aboriginal organizations in Canada -- The Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada -- Aboriginal economic development : local and global opportunities.

ISBN

• 0131228943 :
• 9780131228948

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library