The red man's on the warpath : the image of the "Indian" and the Second World War / R. Scott Sheffield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sheffield, R. Scott.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Indian.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Indians.

Indians of North America--Canada--Public opinion--History--20th century.

Indians of North America.

Stereotypes (Social psychology).

Public opinion--Canada--History--20th century.

Public opinion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The red man's on the warpath! The time has come for him to dig up the hatchet and join his paleface brother in his fight to make the world safe for the sacred cause of freedom and democracy." -- Winnipeg Free Press, May 1941 During the Second World War, thousands of First Nations people joined in the national crusade to defend freedom and democracy. High rates of Native enlistment and public demonstrations of patriotism encouraged Canadians to re-examine the roles and status of Native people in Canadian society. The Red Man's on the Warpath explores how wartime symbolism and imagery propelled the "Indian problem" onto the national agenda, and why assimilation remained the goal of post-war Canadian Indian policy -- even though the war required that it be rationalized in new ways. The word "Indian" conjured up a complex framework of visual imagery, stereotypes, and assumptions that enabled English Canadians to explain the place of First Nations people in the national story. Sheffield examines how First Nations people were discussed in both the administrative and public realms. Drawing upon an impressive array of archival records, newspapers, and popular magazines, he tracks continuities and changes in the image of the "Indian" before, during, and immediately after the Second World War. Informed by current academic debates and theoretical perspectives, this book will interest scholars in the fields of Native-Newcomer and race relations, war and society, communications studies, and post-Confederation Canadian history. Sheffield's lively style makes it accessible to a broader readership.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

The Image of the "Indian" in English Canada, 1930-39

The "Administrative Indian" as Soldier and Conscript, 1939-45

The "Public Indian" Goes to War, September 1939-December 1941

Winning the War Only to Lose the Peace? Reconstructing the "Public Indian," 1943-45

The "Administrative Indian" at the Threshold of Peace, January-March 1946

Into the Arena: Marshalling the Competing Indian Images in Postwar Canada, 1945-48

Whither the "Indian"? The Special Joint Senate and House of Commons Committee to Reconsider the Indian Act, 1946-48

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-228) and index.

ISBN:

0-7748-5111-2

OCLC:

243487577