What is the Indian 'problem' : tutelage and resistance in Canadian Indian administration

Summary: Critically examines past and present relations between Indians and the government in Canada, demonstrating the manner in which the Indian "problem" was created and how it has been maintained and exacerbated by the policies and administrative practices designed to solve it.

Record details

ISBN: 0919666728 (softcover)
ISBN: 9780919666726 (softcover)
Physical Description: x, 208 pages : map ; 23 cm.
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Publisher: St. John's, Nfld. : Institute of Social and Economic Research, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1991.
Copyright: ©1991

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-203) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- Deconstructing the Indian 'Problem' -- Tutelage and Resistance -- The Whiteman's 'Gift' -- Now That the Buffalo are Gone: Tutelage and the Image of Aboriginal Incapacity -- The Tutor's Burden: The Practice of Tutelage -- The Politics of Special Status: Indian Administration, Hinterland Communities and Interethnic Relations -- Working for the People: Indian Leaders and the Canadian State -- The End of the Indian 'Problem'?
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:	Donation (copy 3 only) ; 2006/10
Action Note:	Committed to retain 20170101 20321231 COPPUL SPAN Monograph