Title: Northern communities : the prospects for empowerment /
Authors: Dacks, Gurston, 1945-; Coates, Kenneth, 1956-
Publisher: Boreal Institute for Northern Studies,
Year: 1988
Subjects: Indians of North America Canada Government relations Congresses.; Eskimos Canada Government relations Congresses.; Minorities Arctic regions Congresses.
Abstract: Papers from a workshop given at the Knowing the North Conference which assess the prospects for the greater empowerment of the smaller, primarily aboriginal communities of the North.
Contents: Upsetting the rhythms: the federal government and native communities in the Yukon Territory, 1945 to 1973 / Coates, Ken -- The changing situation of Dene elders, and of marriage, in the context of colonialism: the experience of Fort Franklin 1945 -- 1985 / Lange, Lynda -- Self-determination, medical ideology and health services in Inuit communities / O'Neil, John D. -- Community participation in socio-legal control: the Northern context / Finkler, Harald W. -- Stable community development in the North: properties and requirements / Rees, William E. -- Patterns of transformations and local self-determination: ethnopower and the larger society in the North: the Sami case / Svensson, Tom G. -- Norther resources planning and management: perspectives on community self-determination / Keith, Robert F. and David A. Neufeld