Full Description
In this exciting new addition to Oxford's acclaimed Themes in Canadian Sociology series, author James S. Frideres examines the ways in which colonization and government action - and inaction - have impacted First Nations peoples in Canada over the last three centuries. Unlike most undergraduate textbooks in this area, which tend to focus on all three Aboriginal groups in Canada, First Nations in the Twenty-First Century is a concise yet comprehensive text that focuses exclusively on First Nations peoples. Covering such crucial topics as trauma, health and well-being, language, law, and politics, this important and innovative text is an indispensable core or supplemental resource for undergraduate courses that focus on First Nations peoples.
Contents
Contents ; Preface ; Acknowledgements ; 1. Knowing Your History ; 2. Who Are You? ; 3. Indigenous Ways of Knowing ; 4. Aboriginal Residential Schools: Compensation, Apologies, and Truth and Reconciliation ; 5. Intergenerational Trauma ; 6. 'Hear' Today, Gone Tomorrow: Aboriginal Language ; 7. Well-Being and Health ; 8. The Duty of Government and Fiduciary Responsibility ; 9. Self-Government, Aboriginal Rights, and the Inherent Right of First Nations Peoples ; 10. The Political Economy of First Nations Peoples ; 11. The Bureaucracy: Indian and Northern Affairs Canada ; 12. Surviving in the Contemporary World: The Future of First Nations Peoples in Canada ; Conclusion ; Glossary ; References ; Index
