Secret Struggles of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Leaders - Political Resistance From the Margins

In The Secret Struggles of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Leaders: Political Resistance from the Margins, Anny Morissette examines Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg actors' political resistance to the Canadian government amidst threats to the tribe's traditional political structures.

List of contents

Chapter 1: The Variability and Flexibility of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Leadership
Chapter 2: Creating and Training Band Chiefs: The Euro-Canadian Vision of First Nation Leadership
Chapter 3: "Bottom-up" Governance: The Implications of the Overlap of the First Nation and Euro-Canadian Political Universes on the Role of Chief
Chapter 4: At the Interstice of Power or How to Regain Lost Power: Re-engaging and Empowering Anishinabeg Women

About the author

Anny Morissette is assistant professor in the School of Conflict Studies at Saint Paul University.

Product details

• Authors: Anny Morissette
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2022
• EAN: 9781793645722
• ISBN: 978-1-79364-572-2
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Canada, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Political activism, Indigenous Peoples, Social and cultural anthropology, Political activism / Political engagement, Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity