Edward J. Hedican

Ipperwash

The Tragic Failure of Canada's Aboriginal Policy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Edward J. Hedican's Ipperwash provides an incisive examination of protest and dissent within the context of land claims disputes and Aboriginal rights.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 150mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9781442640467
• ISBN-10: 1442640464
• Artikelnr.: 28196032

Autorenporträt

Edward J. Hedican is a professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Guelph. He is the author of Ipperwash: The Tragic Failure of Canada's Aboriginal Policy and Applied Anthropology in Canada: Understanding Aboriginal Issues.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
* Ipperwash as a Case Study; Dissent and Society
* The So-Called ‘Indian Problem’
* Research on Aboriginal Policy; Legal, Cultural, and Social
Variability
* Modern Aboriginal Conditions
* The Scope of the Book
2. Aboriginal Policy in Canada
* The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (1996)
* Nunavut: A New Land, A New Deal (1999)
* Ipperwash Inquiry (1995-2007; Canada Votes against UN Aboriginal
Rights Declaration (2007)
* Prime Minister Harper’s Apology (2008)
* Aboriginal Leader’s Reactions
* Urban Aboriginal Strategy (1997-2012)
* Assessing Canada’s Aboriginal Policy
* Conclusion
3. The Nature of Aboriginal Rights
* The Context of Aboriginal Claims
* The Concept of Aboriginal Rights
* Treaties and Land Surrenders
* Aboriginal Claims Policy
* The Courts and Aboriginal Claims
* Conclusion
4. The Politics of Resistance and Confrontation
* Contested Ground: The Nature of Resistance
* The Ojibway Warrior Society, Kenora, Ontario (1974)
* The Teme-Augama Anishnabai Logging Blockade (1988)
* The Innu and the Goose Bay Air Base Occupation (1988)
* The Lubicon Lake Cree Confrontation (1988)
* The Mohawk Warrior Society, Oka, Quebec (1990)
* First Nations Policing Policy (1992)
* The Gustafsen Lake Standoff (1995)
* The Burnt Church Fishing Dispute (2002)
* Caledonia and the Grand River Land Dispute (2006)
* Grassy Narrows: Mercury Poisoning and Forest Management Protest
(2006)
* The Akwesasne Border Confrontation (2009)
* Patterns of Resistance: Comparative Perspectives
* Aboriginal-Police Relations: Resistance and Reconciliation
* Conclusion
5. The Ipperwash confrontation
* Aboriginal Origins in Ontario
* Kettle and Stony Point First Nations
* Land Cessions
* The Occupation of Ipperwash Park
* The Ontario Government’s Response
* Racial and Culturally Intolerant Attitudes
* The Shooting of Dudley George
* The OPP Response
* A Framework for Police Preparedness
* Chiefs of Ontario Response to the Framework
* Did the OPP Forget the Lessons of Ipperwash?
* Amnesty International is Watching
* Ipperwash Inquiry Backlash
* Ipperwash and the Media
* Conclusion
6. Ipperwash Inquiry Recommendations
* Ipperwash Inquiry Recommendations
* Policing Aboriginal Protests and Occupations
* Facilitating Negotiations
* Project Maple: Crisis Negotiation
* Redressive Action
* Treaty Commission of Ontario
* Wider Considerations of the Ipperwash Inquiry
* Update: Return of Land and Settlements
* Conclusion
7. Ipperwash as Racial Oppression
* Anti-Native Prejudice
* Understanding Racial Oppression
* The Violent Suppression of Aboriginal Protests
* Policy Recommendations Concerning Aboriginal Protests
* Aboriginal Policy as an Exercise of Choice?
* The Systemic Nature of Racial Oppression
* Conclusion
8. Institutional Racism in Canada
* The Characteristics of Institutional Racism
* The Media
* The Police
* The State
* A Policy of Respect, Justice and Tolerance
* Summary of Aboriginal Issues
* Concluding Remarks on Aboriginal Protests and Resistance
NOTES
References
Appendix
Index