Indigenous Writes
Subtitle: A Guide to First Nations, Métis & Inuit Issues in Canada
By: Printed and bound in Canada by Friesens; Cover and interior design by Relish New Brand Experience
Series: The Debwe Series
Publisher: HighWater Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Language: eng
Format: Electronic copy
Number of pages: 302
Copyright date: 2016
First sentence: Delgamuukw. Sixties Scoop. Bill c-31. Blood quantum. Appropriation. Two-Spirit. Status. TRC. RCAP. FNPOA. Pass and permit. Numbered Treaties. Terra nullius. The Great Peace. The Daniels decision…
Table of contents: title: Contents; label: kinanâskomitinâwâw/Acknowledgments
pagenum: 11; label: Introduction
title: How to Read This Book
pagenum: 13; label: Part 1
title: The Terminology of Relationships
pagenum: 17; label: 1
title: Just Don't Call Us Late for Supper - Names for Indigenous Peoples
pagenum: 18; label: 2.
title: Settling on a Name - Names for Non-Indigenous Canadians
pagenum: 27; label: Part 2.
title: Culture and Identity
pagenum: 33; label: 3.
title: Got Status? - Indian Status in Canada
pagenum: 34; label: 4.
title: You're Métis? Which of Your Parents Is an Indian? - Métis Identity
pagenum: 41; label: 5.
title: Feel the Inukness - Inuit Identity
pagenum: 52; label: 6.
title: Hunter-Gatherers or Trapper-Harvesters? - Why Some Terms Matter
pagenum: 57; label: 7.
title: Allowably Indigenous: To Ptamigan or Not to Ptarmigan - When Indigeneity Is Transgressive
pagenum: 66; label: 8.
title: Caught in the Crossfire of Blood-Quantum Reasoning - Popular Notions of Indigenous Purity
pagenum: 74; label: 9.
title: What Is Cultural Appropriation? - Respecting Cultural Boundaries
pagenum: 83; label: 10.
title: Check the Tag on That "Indian" Story - How to Find Authentic Indigenous Stories
pagenum: 97; label: 11.
title: Icewine, Roquefort Cheese, and the Navajo Nation - Indigenous Use of Intellectual Property Laws
pagenum: 106; label: 12.
title: All My Queer Relations - Language, Culture, and Two-Spirit Identity
pagenum: 114; label: Part 3.
title: Myth-Busting
pagenum: 125; label: 13.
title: The Myth of Progress
pagenum: 126; label: 14.
title: The Myth of the Level Playing Field
pagenum: 132; label: 15.
title: The Myth of Taxation
pagenum: 145; label: 16.
title: The Myth of Free Housing
pagenum: 156; label: 17.
title: The Myth of the Drunken Indian
pagenum: 165; label: 18.
title: The Myth of the Wandering Nomad
pagenum: 170; label: 19.
title: The Myth of Authenticity
pagenum: 176; label: Part 4.
title: State Violence
pagenum: 180; label: 20.
title: Monster - The Residential-School Legacy
pagenum: 181; label: 21.
title: Our Stolen Generations - The Sixties and Millennial Scoops
pagenum: 191; label: 22.
title: Human Flagpoles - Inuit Relocation
pagenum: 198; label: 23.
title: From Hunters to Farmers - Indigenous Farming on the Prairies
pagenum: 213; label: 24.
title: Dirty Water, Dirty Secrets - Drinking Water in First Nations Communities
pagenum: 221; label: 25.
title: No Justice, No Peace - The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
pagenum: 229; label: Part 5.
title: Land, Learning, Law, and Treaties
pagenum: 237; label: 26.
title: Rights? What Rights? - Doctrines of Colonialism
pagenum: 238; label: 27.
title: Treaty Talk - The Evolution of Treaty-Making in Canada
pagenum: 246; label: 28.
title: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same - Numbered Treaties and Modern Treaty-Making
pagenum: 255; label: 29.
title: Why Don't First Nations Just Leave the Reserve? - Reserves Are Not the Problem
pagenum: 263; label: 30.
title: White Paper, What Paper? - More Attempts to Assimilate Indigenous Peoples
pagenum: 273; label: 31.
title: Our Children, Our Schools - Fighting for Control Over Indigenous Education
pagenum: 282; label: Index
pagenum: 287; label: Image Credits
pagenum: 298; label: About the Debwe Series
pagenum: 299