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Applied anthropology in Canada : understanding Aboriginal issues / Edward J. Hedican.

Penn Museum Library E78.C2 H37 2008
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hedican, Edward J.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Indians of North America--Canada.
Indians of North America.
Applied anthropology--Research.
Applied anthropology.
Canada.
Applied anthropology--Canada.
Applied anthropology--Research--Canada.
Physical Description:
xiv, 294 pages ; 24 cm
Edition:
Second edition.
Place of Publication:
Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2008]
Contents:
What's in a Name? Definitions and Terminology 5
Aboriginal Issues in Canada: Historical Dimensions 11
Contemporary Aboriginal Issues: An Overview 14
The Emergence of Anthropology in Canada 17
Anthropology in Canada after the 1960s 22
The Scope of the Book 27
2 Anthropology and Aboriginal Studies 28
The Philosophy of Cultural Relativism 29
Professional Ethics in Anthropology 34
Research on Aboriginal Land Claims 38
Restless Natives? 40
Anthropology as Image-Maker 42
Fieldwork: Anthropology as a Close Encounter 45
Research in Anishenabe Country 47
Understanding Fieldwork Situations 54
Learning from Fieldwork Experiences 56
3 Research Strategies: Advocacy in Anthropology 60
The Advocacy Question in Applied Anthropology 62
Culture and Commitment 66
The Notion of Social Responsibility 67
Advocates and Consultants among the James Bay Cree 69
Advocacy as Conflict Management 71
Brokers: Bridging the Culture Gap 74
The Anti-Advocacy Position 77
Land Claims and the Advocate Role 82
Ethical Considerations in Aboriginal Studies 87
4 The Controversial Side of Applied Anthropology: Notes from Northern Ontario 91
The Whitesand Land Problem 92
Some Historical Dimensions of the Issue 93
University Involvement 96
The Problem of Role Enactment 97
The Mediator Role 99
The Facilitator Role 101
The Animator Role 102
5 Aboriginal Policy Issues: Anthropological Perspectives 109
Anthropological Perspectives on Public Policy 110
Research on Aboriginal Issues: Some Contradictions 115
In Anthropology's Defence 117
The Corridors of Power 118
The Land-Base Problem 123
Country Food Production: The Hidden Native Economy 126
Hunting and Wage Work: The Economic Balancing Act 132
Who Owns the Wilderness? 135
Algonquin Provincial Park 136
Anthropology and Aboriginal Rights 138
The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 140
The Ipperwash Inquiry (2007) 143
Appropriation of the Stoney Point Reserve 143
The Occupation of Camp Ipperwash 145
Entering Ipperwash Provincial Park 146
The Shooting of Dudley George 149
Recommendations of the Ipperwash Inquiry 150
Discussion of the Ipperwash Inquiry Recommendations 151
6 Development in Aboriginal Communities: Economic Strategies and Policies 156
Views on Development 158
Development and the Politics of Dependency 159
Native Women and Development Issues 166
Prospects for Change 169
The Service Sector Economy 170
Development among the James Bay Cree 173
The 'Cultural Dependency' Question 177
7 The Political Context of Aboriginal Issues: Self-Government and Institutional Structures 182
Institutional Frameworks 183
Education Cutbacks: Policy Dilemma or Institutional Neglect? 185
An Institutional Problem: The Non-Reserve Native Community 188
The Problem of 'Ethno-Status' Distinctions 190
The Anthropologist and Aboriginal Issues 192
Municipal Incorporation: Prospects for Change 194
The Northern Communities Act 195
The Self-Government Issue 196
Administrative Control and Self-Government 197
The Politics of Encapsulation 199
The Imposition of Non-Indigenous Political Structures 202
The Municipal Model of Self-Government: The Sechelt Case 204
Administrative Dependency and Control: The Fort Hope Case 209
Welfare Colonialism? 211
Nunavut: Canada's New Land 212
The Inuit and Aboriginal Issues 214
8 The Ethnopolitics of Aboriginal Status and Identity 219
The Concept of Indianness 220
Canada as a Multicultural Society 222
The Politics of Ethnic Identity 226
Bill C-31 Update 227
Aboriginal Ethnic Identity 229
Natives as Ethnics? 232
Racism versus Ethnicity 233
Aboriginal Ethnopolitics in Canada 237
The Metis Experience 241
The Micmac: Negotiating Ethnic Identity 244
Reclaiming Aboriginal Identity: Education and Community Change 245
9 Applied Anthropology: Challenges for Today and Tomorrow 248
Ethics, Advocacy, and Aboriginal Issues 249
Research, Policies, and Community Development 251
Aboriginal Studies in Anthropology 255
Aboriginal Self-Determination 256.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-286) and index.
ISBN:
9780802099075
0802099076
9780802095411
0802095410
OCLC:
198530634

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