The Politics of Indianness
Subtitle: case studies of native ethnopolitics in Canada
By: edited by Adrian Tanner.
Contributors: Tanner, Adrian.
Series: Social and economic papers ;; no. 12
Publisher: Institute of Social and Economic Research, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Published: 1983
Place of publication: St. John's, Nfld., Canada
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Canada -- Government relations -- Case studies.; Indians of North America -- Canada -- Politics and government -- Case studies.; Indians of North America -- Canada -- Ethnic identity -- Case studies.
Description: Examines political attempts by regional and local groups of Indians to improve their social and economic conditions. Includes case studies of the Dene of the NWT, the Micmac of Nova Scotia and the Indians of the western provinces.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [307]-318.
Table of contents: title: Canadian Indians and the politics of dependency / Adrian Tanner; title: Negotiating identity / Tord Larsen; title: The Bluefish River incident / Harald Beyer Broch; title: Representation and leadership of a provincial Indian association / Noel Dyck.