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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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