Speaking With Authority - The Emergence of the Vocabulary of First Nations'' Self-Government

Informationen zum Autor Michael W. Posluns received his PhD from York University, in Toronto. He was the founding director of the parliamentary relations programme of the National Indian Brotherhood/Assembly of First Nations from 1976 to 1982. Klappentext This work explores the emergence of the vocabulary of First Nations' self-government into the realm of public and parliamentary discourse in Canada during the decade of the 1970s. The emergence of the vocabulary is chronicled through a study of the testimony of First Nations and aboriginal witnesses before a series of Joint Committees on the Constitutions and the Commons Committee on Indian Affairs and Northern Development. Zusammenfassung This work explores the emergence of the vocabulary of First Nations' self-government into the realm of public and parliamentary discourse in Canada during the 1970s. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Gaining a Purchase: An Introduction to the Public Emergence of the Vocabulary of First Nations’ Self-Government 1. The Interplay of Language, Policy & Ethics in the Discourse of First Nations’ Relations 2. Assimilation, Enfranchisement and the White Paper: An Overview of First Nations Relations Before 1970 3. Public Conversations on First Nations’ Self-Government 4. The Middle Period: A Minority Parliament and a First Patriation Bill 5. Notions of Sovereignty: Self-Help, Self-Confidence, And Individual And Collective Self-Fulfillment

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• Authors: Michael Posluns, Michael W. Posluns, Michael W. (University of Toronto At Miss Posluns, Michael W. (University of Toronto at Mississauga Posluns, Posluns Michael W.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.10.2006
• EAN: 9780415946537
• ISBN: 978-0-415-94653-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Indigenous Peoples and Politics; Indigenous Peoples and Politic; Indigenous Peoples and Politics
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Canada, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Canadian, Politics & government, Politics and government