First nations? Second thoughts

by Flanagan, Thomas

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Title Statements

Full title :First nations? Second thoughts / Tom Flanagan.

Summary

"Over the last thirty years Canadian policy on aboriginal issues has come to be dominated by an ideology that sees aboriginal peoples as "nations" entitled to specific rights. Indians and Inuit now enjoy legal privileges that include the inherent right to self-government, collective property rights, immunity from taxation, hunting and fishing rights without legal limits, and free housing, education, and medical care. Underpinning these privileges is what Tom Flanagan describes as "aboriginal orthodoxy"--The belief that prior residence in North America is an entitlement to special treatment.

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. In this updated edition, Flanagan analyzes the developments of the last ten years, showing how a conflict of visions has led to a stalemate in aboriginal policy-making. He concludes that aboriginal success will be achieved not as the result of public policy changes in government but through the actions of the people themselves."--Pub. desc.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2008.
Edition:2nd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Mcgill-Queen's University Press
Place of Publication:Montreal
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2008.

The Physical Object

Description:ix, 286 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780773534438, 0773534431, 9780773534445, 077353444X, 9780773520646, 0773520643
oclc:ocn229035029
LC Classification:E92
Dewey Decimal:323.119071

The Aboriginal orthodoxy -- We were here first -- What ever happened to civilization? -- The fiction of Aboriginal sovereignty -- Bands, tribes, or nations? -- The inherent problems of aboriginal self-government -- In search of property -- Treaties, agreements, and land surrenders -- Making a living -- This octagon is a stop sign -- Update 2008.

Subjects

Canada First Nations -- Government relations -… First Nations -- Politics and government Geschichte Indianer Indians of North America -- Government … Indians of North America -- Government … Indians of North America -- Legal statu… Indians of North America -- Legal statu… Indians of North America -- Politics an… Indians of North America -- Politics an… Indiens d'Amérique -- Droit -- Canada Indiens d'Amérique -- Politique et gouv… Indiens d'Amérique -- Relations avec l'… Indiens d'Amérique -- Relations avec l'… Indigenes Volk Indigenous peoples in Canada Kanada Politik Rechtsstellung