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First nations? : second thoughts / Tom Flanagan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Flanagan, Thomas, 1944- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Canada--Politics and government.
- Indians of North America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (299 p.)
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2008]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Flanagan shows that this orthodoxy enriches a small elite of activists, politicians, administrators, and well-connected entrepreneurs, while bringing further misery to the very people it is supposed to help. Controversial and thought-provoking, First Nations? Second Thoughts dissects the prevailing ideology that determines public policy towards Canada's aboriginal peoples.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Aboriginal Orthodoxy
- 2 We Were Here First
- 3 What Ever Happened to Civilization?
- 4 The Fiction of Aboriginal Sovereignty
- 5 Bands, Tribes, or Nations?
- 6 The Inherent Problems of Aboriginal Self-Government
- 7 In Search of Property
- 8 Treaties, Agreements, and Land Surrenders
- 9 Making a Living
- 10 This Octagon Is a Stop Sign
- 11 Update 2008
- Notes
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-277) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612858710
- 9786612865862
- 9780773577558
- 0773577556
- 9780773534445
- 077353444X
- 9781282858718
- 1282858718
- 9780773568525
- 0773568522
- 9781282865860
- 1282865862
- 9780773575318
- 0773575316
- OCLC:
- 767670945
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