Racism, colonialism, and indigeneity in Canada : a reader

Cannon, Martin John, 1969- (Added Author). Sunseri, Lina. (Added Author).

Summary: "This unique new collection of works by Indigenous scholars explores how the interplay of racism and colonialism has shaped the lives of Indigenous people in areas such as family relations, criminal justice, territorial rights, identity, citizenship, and relations with settler colonialists. With an emphasis on the Two-Row Wampum treaty--a pact between Western and Indigenous nations--the book discusses the historic and contemporary meaning of key terms like race and racism, and identifies how these factors were and continue to be at play in the lives of Indigenous peoples living in a colonized nation. The editors' objective is to provide insight into what can be done to address historic wrongdoings, while also showing how much can be gained by working across differences, revitalizing original partnerships and agreements, and coming together collectively as Canadians to combat racism."--Publisher's description.

Record details

ISBN: 9780195432312
Physical Description: xxvii, 284 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 23 cm.
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Publisher: Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press, c2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Col. ill. on cover linings.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-284).
Formatted Contents Note:	Marriage, divorce, and family life / Kim Anderson -- Canada's indian residential schools and their impacts on mothering / Rosalind Ing -- Strong spirit, fractured identity : an Ojibway adoptee's journey to wholeness / Shandra Spears -- Being indigenous : resurgences against contemporary colonialism / Taiaiake Alfred and Jeff Corntassel -- On ethnographic refusal : indigeneity, 'voice', and colonial citizenship / Audra Simpson -- Moving beyond the feminism versus nationalism dichotomy : an anti-colonial feminist perspective on aboriginal liberation struggles / Lina Sunseri -- Micmac literacy and cognitive assimilation / Marie Battiste -- 'Killing the indian in the child' : four centuries of church-run schools / Suzanne Fournier and Ernie Crey -- Rethinking culture theory in aboriginal education / Verna St Denis -- Aboriginal youth talk about structural determinants as the cause of their homelessness / Cyndy Baskin -- Aboriginal economic development and the struggle for self-government / Cora Voyageur and Brian Calliou -- Sharing, community, and decolonization : urban aboriginal community development / Jim Silver, Parvin Ghorayshi, Joan Hay, and Darlene Klyne -- From Stonechild to social cohesion : antiracist challenges for Saskatchewan / Joyce Green -- Aboriginal peoples and Canadian criminal law : rethinking justice / Patricia Monture-Okanee and Mary Ellen Turpel -- Sexual violence as a tool of genocide / Andrea Smith.