Laurie Meijer Drees

The Indian Association of Alberta

A History of Political Action

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Produktbeschreibung

Best known for its role in spearheading the protest against the infamous 1969 White Paper produced by the Department of Indian Affairs, the Indian Association of Alberta played a critical role in mobilizing First Nations peoples to political action.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2003
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9780774808774
• ISBN-10: 0774808772
• Artikelnr.: 41611131

Autorenporträt

Laurie Meijer Drees teaches in the First Nations Studies Department at Malaspina University College, Nanaimo, British Columbia.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 A General Setting
2 The Indian Association of Alberta: Its Origins and Structure
3 The Structure and Expansion of the Early Indian Association of Alberta
4 "Outside Help": John Laurie and Non-Indian Supporters of the Indian
Association of Alberta
5 The Indian Association of Alberta and Its Relations with the Indian
Affairs Branch, 1939-46
6 Reconciling Citizenship and Treaty Rights: The Indian Association of
Alberta and the Special Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Commons,
1946-48
7 Political Pragmatics: Amending the Indian Act, 1948-58
8 Political Visions: Diefenbaker to Trudeau
9 "Nîkânastêwimâkêwin": Comparing the Political Thought of John Callihoo
and John Tootoosis
10 Final Thoughts
Appendices
A Indian Association of Alberta Executive Members, 1939-68
B Supervisors of Local Department of Indian Affairs, Alberta, 1939-69
C Indian Affairs Administration, 1939-69
D Alberta Reserve Land Surrenders
Notes
Bibliography
Index