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The Impact of Indigenous Thought in Canada
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Annis May Timpson
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$85.00 Hardcover
Release Date: 5/21/2009
ISBN: 9780774815512
$32.95 Paperback
Release Date: 1/1/2010
ISBN: 9780774815529
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About the Book
Countless books and articles have traced the impact of colonialism and public policy on Canada’s First Nations, but few have explored the impact of Aboriginal thought on public discourse and policy development in Canada. First Nations, First Thoughts brings together Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal scholars who cut through the prevailing orthodoxy to reveal Indigenous thinkers and activists as a pervasive presence in diverse political, historical, constitutional, and cultural debates. It examines the impact of Indigenous thought in multiple arenas, including urban spaces, universities, the courts, governments, archives, and museums. This innovative, thought-provoking collection encourages us to imagine a stronger, fairer Canada, one in which Aboriginal self-government and expression can be fully realized.
About the Author(s)
Annis May Timpson is director of the Centre of Canadian Studies at the University of Edinburgh. She is the author of Driven Apart: Women’s Employment Equality and Child Care in Canadian Public Policy and is currently researching initiatives to promote Inuit culture and language in the governance of Nunavut.
Visit Annis May Timpson's University of Edinburgh webpage.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Indigenous Thought in Canada
Annis May Timpson
Part 1: Challenging Dominant Discourses
1) First Nations Perspectives and Historical Thinking in Canada / Robin Jarvis Brownlie
2) Being Indigenous within the Academy: Creating Space for Indigenous Scholars / Margaret Kovach
Part 2: Oral Histories and First Nations Narratives
3) Respecting Oral Histories of First Nations: Copyright Complexities in Archiving Aboriginal Stories / Leslie McCartney
4) Nápi and the City: Siksikaitsitapi Narratives Revisited / Martin Whittles and Tim Patterson
Part 3: Cultural Heritage and Representation
5) Colonial Photographs and Postcolonial Relationships: The Kainai-Oxford Photographic Histories Project / Laura Peers and Alison K. Brown
6) Museums Taken to Task: Representing First Peoples at the McCord Museum of Canadian History / Stephanie Bolton
Part 4: Aboriginal Thought and Innovation in Subnational Governance
7) The Manitoba Government’s Shift to "Autonomous" First Nations Child Welfare: Empowerment or Privatization? / Fiona MacDonald
8) Rethinking the Administration of Government: Inuit Representation, Culture, and Language in the Nunavut Public Service / Annis May Timpson
9) A Fine Balance? Aboriginal Peoples in the Canadian North and the Dilemma of Development / Gabrielle A. Slowey
Part 5: Thinking Back, Looking Forward: Political and Constitutional Reconciliation
10) Civilization, Self-Determination, and Reconciliation / Michael Murphy
11) Take 35: Reconciling Constitutional Orders / Kiera L. Ladner
Contributors
Index
Reviews
This is a luminous collection of voices that reveals the power of Indigenous thought and that must be read to comprehend the transformation of Canadian thought and the spirit of the Indigenous renaissance.
-- Sákéj Henderson, Professor and Research Director of the Native Law Centre of Canada, University of Saskatchewan
First Nations, First Thoughts is a comprehensive argument for decolonization, focusing specifically on the reconciliation of Indigenous thought with a transformed discourse of the Canadian state and with many of the institutions of Canadian society ... This book has no rival in its coverage of the multiple issues involved in the search for reconciliation.
-- Alan C. Cairns, author of Citizens Plus: Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian State
Sample Chapter
Front Matter and Chapter One
Related Topics
Native Studies
Native Studies > Canada
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