When freedom is lost : the dark side of relationship between government and the Fort Hope Band / Paul Driben, Robert S. Trudeau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Driben, Paul, 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ojibwa Indians--Government relations.

Ojibwa Indians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (131 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1983.

Summary:

The devastating impact of the policies and programs of the federal government on the Indian people of Canada is illustrated forcefully in this important and revealing study of the Fort Hope Band. Over a period of seven years, the authors looked at the communities of Webequie, Summer Beaver, Lansdowne House, and Fort Hope in the far reaches of Northwestern Ontario seeking answers to such questions as: How do a people become wards of the state? How does a government work against its stated objectives? How do ghettos appear in the middle of a pristine wilderness? They found that, starting in the early '60s, as government involvement in band life increased, dependency on the government also increased - to the point where today government programs provide 90 percent of the band members' income. Now dependent on programs with can be curtailed at the governments' will, the band is in an extremely vulnerable position. The authors suggest that this is also true of other bands across the country and offer suggestions for constructive change.

Contents:

Front Matter

Table of Contents

LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS

Preface

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction

2 Before government

3 Schools, welfare, and the White Paper

4 Where means became ends

5 Why band businesses failed

6 Freedom to fail

7 From Lansdowne House to Summer Beaver

8 Reflections

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Back Matter.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.