Sharing the Land, Sharing a Future : The Legacy of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graham, Katherine.

Contributor:

Newhouse, David.

Series:

Perceptions on Truth and Reconciliation

Perceptions on Truth and Reconciliation ; v.4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canada. Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples--Congresses.

Canada.

Indigenous peoples--Canada--Social conditions--Congresses.

Indigenous peoples.

Indigenous peoples--Canada--Government relations--Congresses.

Canada--Race relations--Congresses.

Canada--Ethnic relations--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (513 pages)

Place of Publication:

Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press, 2021.

Summary:

"Sharing the Land, Sharing a Future" looks to both the past and the future as it examines the foundational work of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) and the legacy of its 1996 report. It assesses the Commission's influence on subsequent milestones in Indigenous-Canada relations and considers our prospects for a constructive future.

Contents:

FOREWORD "We Are All Here to Stay": The Sharing the Land, Sharing a Future Forum Marking the Twentieth Anniversary of RCAP / Marlene Brant Castellano and Frederic Wien

INTRODUCTION

Charting a Way Forward / Katherine A.H. Graham and David Newhouse

PART 1: SETTING THE SCENE FOR A NEW NATION-TO NATION RELATIONSHIP

Completing Confederation: The Necessary Foundation / Frances Abele, Erin Alexiuk, Satsan (Herb George) and Catherine MacQuarrie

Twenty Years Later: The RCAP Legacy in Indigenous Health System Governance

What about the Next Twenty? / Yvonne Boyer, Josée Lavoie, Derek Kornelsen, and Jeff Reading

PART 2: CREATING THE VISION FOR A NEW NATION-TO_NATION RELATIONSHIP

Address by René Dussault, Co-Chair, Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples

Address by Georges Erasmus, Co-Chair, Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples

Address by Perry Bellegarde, National Chief, Assembly of First Nations

Address by Natan Obed, President, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

Address by Clément Chartier, President, Métis National Council

Address by Robert Bertrand, National Chief, Congress of Aboriginal Peoples

Address by Francyne Joe, President, Native Women's Association of Canada

Address by Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada

PART 3: POWERFUL COMMUNITIES, HEALTHY COMMUNITIES

Thunderbird Is Rising: Indigenizing Education in Canada / Jo-ann Archibald Q'um Q'um Xiiem and Jan Hare

Insights into Community Development in First Nations: A Poverty Action Research Project / Jennifer S. Dockstator, Jeff S. Denis, Frederic Wien, Gerard Duhaime, Mark S. Dockstator, David Newhouse, Wanda Wuttunee, Charlotte Loppie, John Loxley, Warren Weir, Eabametoong First Nation, Misipawtisik Cree First Nation, Opiticiwan Atikamekw Firs Nation, Sipekne'katik First Nation, and T'it'q'et

Indigenous Economic Development with Tenacity / Wanda Wutunee, Fredric Wien, and David Newhouse

Powerful Communities, Healthy Communities: A Twenty-Five Year Journey of Healing and Wellness / Caroline l. Tait, Devon Napope, Amy Bombay, William Mussell, First Peoples First Person, and Canadian Depression Research and Intervention Network

Cultural Safety / Carrie Bourassa, Eric Olesen, Sibyl Diver, and Janet McElhaney

What Will It Take? Ending the Canadian Government's Chronic Failure to Do Better for First Nations Children and Families When It Knows Better / Cindy Blackstock

Art of Healing and Reconciliation: From Time Immemorial through RCAP, the TRC, and Beyond / Jonathan Dear

PART 4: MOVING TO ACTION

Engaging Citizens in Indigenous-Non-Indigenous Relations / Lynne Davfs and Chris Hillier

SSHRC and the Conscientious Community: Reflecting and Acting on Indigenous Research and Reconciliation in Response to CTA 65 / Aaron Franks

Canada's Aboriginal Policy and the Politics of Ambivalence: A Policy Tools Perspective / Daniel Salée and Carole Lévesque

Executive Summary: Canadian Public Opinion on Aboriginal Peoples / Michael Adams, The Environics Institute

Conclusion: What's the Way Forward? / Katherine A.H. Graham and David Newhouse

Appendix : Sharing the Land, Sharing a Future Forum Oversight Committee.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780887558696

0887558690

9780887558702

0887558704

OCLC:

1252419458