The aboriginal people of Australia, Canada, and New Zealand became minorities in their own countries in the nineteenth century. The expanding British Empire had its own vision for the future of these peoples, which was expressed in 1837 by the Select Committee on Aborigines of t…
The aboriginal people of Australia, Canada, and New Zealand became minorities in their own countries in the nineteenth century. The expanding British Empire had its own vision for the future of these peoples. They were to become civilized, Christian, and citizens - in a word, as…
The colonization of Aboriginal children and families -- Reforming the Australian and Canadian child welfare systems : sensitization and accommodation -- The promise and risks of Aboriginal self-government over Aboriginal child welfare -- The right to self-government and protecti…
"In the last two decades there has been positive change in how the Canadian legal system defines Aboriginal and treaty rights. Yet even after the recognition of those rights in the Constitution Act of 1982, the legacy of British values and institutions as well as colonial doctri…
"In the last two decades there has been positive change in how the Canadian legal system defines Aboriginal and treaty rights. Yet even after the recognition of those rights in the Constitution Act of 1982, the legacy of British values and institutions as well as colonial doctri…
Douglas L. Bland predicts a forthcoming uprising in Canada from the First Nations communities unless government action is taken to redress their grievances.
Douglas L. Bland predicts a forthcoming uprising in Canada from the First Nations communities unless government action is taken to redress their grievances.
"Time Bomb is a vital wake-up call. Bland highlights the importance of understanding the social and economic foundations of the current unease between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples and provides constructive guidance for both alike on how to turn the current uneasy relati…
"In this book, Dan Russell argues that Aboriginal self-government is an attainable objective best achieved through a constitutional amendment, not through treaties, as has been the preoccupation of provincial and federal governments since 1982. He claims that reliance on treatie…