Speaking with authority
Subtitle: the emergence of the vocabulary of First Nations' self-government
By: Michael W. Posluns
Series: Indigenous peoples and politics
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9780415946537
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Canada -- Government relations; Indians of North America -- Canada -- Politics and government; Indians of North America -- Canada -- Ethnic identity; Self-determination, National -- Canada; Communication in politics -- Canada; Canada -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects; Canada -- Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-323) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction: gaining a purchase : an introduction to the public emergence of the vocabulary of First Nations' self-government; title: The interplay of language, policy and ethics in the discourse of First Nations' relations; title: Assimilation, enfranchisement and the white paper : an overview of First Nations' relations before 1970; title: Public conversations on First Nations' self-government; title: The middle period : a minority parliament and a first patriation bill; title: Notions of sovereignty : self-help, self-confidence, and individual and collective self-fulfillment