"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, collec…
The author examines the prevailing orthodoxy that has determined public policy towards Canada's Aboriginal peoples. Flanagan demonstrates that the policy this orthodoxy produces, enriches a small elite of activists, politicians administrators, and well-connected entrepreneurs, w…
These essays provide a comprehensive evaluation of past, present and future forms of anthropological involvement in public policy issues that affect native peoples in Canada, addressing social, economic and political marginality, and advocacy work by anthropologists.
Compares Cree society in 1971 with that society a decade later. Analyzes the nature of the changes that took place as a result of the James Bay hydroelectric project and resultant impact on the Cree Indians of the area. Shows why the experience of the Cree with economic developm…
Compares Cree society in 1971 with that society a decade later. Analyzes the nature of the changes that took place as a result of the James Bay hydroelectric project and resultant impact on the Cree Indians of the area. Shows why the experience of the Cree with economic developm…
"In 1986, the Alberta government sparked widespread controversy when it began construction of a dam on the Oldman River in Southern Alberta to provide water for irrigation. The dispute pitted the provincial and federal governments and an irrigation lobby against local landowners…
"In 1986, the Alberta government sparked widespread controversy when it began construction of a dam on the Oldman River in Southern Alberta to provide water for irrigation. The dispute pitted the provincial and federal governments and an irrigation lobby against local landowners…
Once Upon an Oldman is an account of the controversy that surrounded the Alberta government's construction of a dam on the Oldman River to provide water for irrigation in the southern part of the province. Glenn argues that, despite claims to the contrary, the governments of Can…
