Michael W Posluns

Speaking with Authority

The Emergence of the Vocabulary of First Nations' Self-Government

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Produktbeschreibung

This work explores the emergence of the vocabulary of First Nations' self-government into the realm of public and parliamentary discourse in Canada during the decade of the 1970s. The emergence of the vocabulary is chronicled through a study of the testimony of First Nations and aboriginal witnesses before a series of Joint Committees on the Constitutions and the Commons Committee on Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 161mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 599g
• ISBN-13: 9780415946537
• ISBN-10: 0415946530
• Artikelnr.: 21328251

Autorenporträt

Michael W. Posluns received his PhD from York University, in Toronto. He was the founding director of the parliamentary relations programme of the National Indian Brotherhood/Assembly of First Nations from 1976 to 1982.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Gaining a Purchase: An Introduction to the Public Emergence
of the Vocabulary of First Nations' Self-Government 1. The Interplay of
Language, Policy & Ethics in the Discourse of First Nations' Relations 2.
Assimilation, Enfranchisement and the White Paper: An Overview of First
Nations Relations Before 1970 3. Public Conversations on First Nations'
Self-Government 4. The Middle Period: A Minority Parliament and a First
Patriation Bill 5. Notions of Sovereignty: Self-Help, Self-Confidence, And
Individual And Collective Self-Fulfillment