Title: The Indian Association of Alberta : a history of political action /
Authors: Meijer Drees, Laurie, 1965-
Publisher: UBC Press,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Indian Association of Alberta History.; Indian Association of Alberta Histoire.; Indian Association of Alberta.; Indians of North America Alberta Politics and government.; Indians of North America Canada Government relations.; Indiens Amérique du Nord Alberta Politique et gouvernement.; Indiens d'Amérique Canada Relations avec l'État.
Abstract: "The history of indigenous political action in Canada is long, hard-fought, and little told. By the mid-1900s, Native peoples across western Canada were actively involved in their own political unions in a drive to be heard outside their own, often isolated, reserve communities. In Alberta, Johnny Callihoo and Metis leader Malcolm Norris founded the Indian Association of Alberta (IAA), which came to represent a large body of treaty Indian peoples across the province."--Jacket.
Contents: A general setting -- The origins of the Indian Association of Alberta -- The structure and expansion of the early Indian Association of Alberta -- "Outside help": John Laurie and non-Indian supporters of the Indian Association of Alberta -- The Indian Association of Alberta and its relations with the Indian Affairs Branch -- Reconciling citizenship and treaty rights: the IAA and the Special Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Commons, 1946-48 -- Political pragmatics: amending the Indian Act, 1948-58 -- Political visions: Diefenbaker to Trudeau -- "Nikanastewimakewin": comparing the political thought of John Callihoo and John Tootoosis -- Final thoughts.