Canada's Indians : contemporary conflicts

Summary: This book considers Aboriginal-White relations, historically, presently, and in the future. Among the issues discussed are: the history of Canadian colonialism, defining Aboriginal Canada, Indian treaties and Métis land claims, the demographics of Aboriginal peoples, Indian affairs and government policy, Aboriginal urbanization, Aboriginal organizations, the Native Women's Association of Canada, the conflicts experienced by the Aboriginals in society, self-government, the Inuit, and the political economy of Aboriginals. In essence, this text 'attempts to provide a macro theory of intergroup relations involving Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals'.

Record details

ISBN: 0131127632.
Physical Description: print
xviii, 209 p. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Scarborough, Ont. : Prentice-Hall of Canada, c1974.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-205).
Formatted Contents Note:	Contemporary Indians: Indians and history; Social and demographic characteristics; Socio-economic status; Social welfare; Selected social problems -- Some problems of reserve Indian communities: A case study / R.W. Dunning: Brief ethnography of the Pine Tree Ojibwa; Present day Indian contact societies; Factors making for permanence of the situation -- Urban Indians: Introduction; Decision to migrate; Entering the city; Participation in white society; Decision to leave -- For every North American Indian that begins to disappear I also begin to disappear / Wilfred Pelletier: How to survive in an alien environment; White education for Indians; Attitudes toward nature; Pushed aside in the city; Attitudes toward work -- Indian organizations: Attempts to re-establish identity; Attributes of Pan-Indianism; Changing relations between Whites and Indians -- The Native brotherhood of British Columbia / Philip Drucker: Indian administration in British Columbia; The land question -- A new perspective to an old problem: Macro vs micro: A theoretical model: Colonialism; Historical perspective; Factors necessary for community control; Community development and control; Proposals for Indian advancement; Reactive adaptation by Natives; Development of conflict; Social control mechanisms -- Red power / Walter Stewart -- Bibliography -- Index.