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Subject(s)

• Indigenous peoples of North America—Canada—Social conditions [Browse]
• Indians, Treatment of—Canada [Browse]
• Indigenous Studies [Browse]

Summary note

This revised edition of a Métis author's account of Indian and Métis history in Canada, covers Indian civilization, 'halfbreed' resistance to imperialism, native situations in 'white-supremacy' Canada and moves towards liberation. Includes updated statistics and a new preface.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-202) and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• The basis of racism
• The communal Indian society
• Fur traders trespass
• Colonization and missionaries
• Ossification of Native society
• The Halfbreed Nation and the civil war
• Subjugation of the Indians and Metis
• Causes of the 1885 struggle
• Ottawa invades the Northwest
• Courtroom : the mask of conquest
• The underdevelopment of Native communities
• Schooling the Redman
• The white ideal and the colonized personality
• The failure of Native leadership
• Decolonization and nationalism
• The struggle for liberation
• Appendix A. Casualties of Indians and Metis in 1885 Battles.

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ISBN

0920079512 :

LCCN

^^^90156361^

OCLC

23254624

RCP

H - S

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