Suchergebnisse

Front Cover -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Appendix -- Glossary -- References -- Index -- Copyright Acknowledgements -- Back Cover.

"This book is about the Irish farming community of Admaston Township situated in Renfrew County of the Ottawa Valley which is studied over several decades in the mid to late nineteenth century after Ireland's Great Famine. It is certainly difficult to imagine a greater tragedy that could befall a nation than have untold numbers of its citizens starve to death while the members of a neighbouring country, who were themselves largely complicit in this disaster, live in relative bounty and apparent disinterest. Such was the case of the hapless Irish people whose English overlords enjoyed the fruits of Ireland's agricultural production because of centuries of social, economic, and political domination and then mostly turned a blind eye to the misfortune of their neighbours caused by their actions."--

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter One. Introduction -- Chapter Two. Aboriginal Policy in Canada -- Chapter Three. The Nature of Aboriginal Rights -- Chapter Four. The Politics of Resistance and Confrontation -- Chapter Five. The Ipperwash Confrontation -- Chapter Six. Ipperwash Inquiry Recommendations -- Chapter Seven. Ipperwash as Racial Oppression -- Chapter Eight. Institutional Racism in Canada -- Appendix: Socio-economic Conditions of the Canadian Aboriginal Population -- Notes -- References -- Index

Anthropologists are often reluctant to present their work relating to matters of a broad social context to the wider public even though many have much to say about a range of contemporary issues. In this second edition of a classic work in the field, Edward J. Hedican takes stock of Anthroplogy's research on current indigenous affairs and offers an up-to-date assessment of Aboriginal issues in Canada from the perspective of applied Anthropology. In his central thesis, Hedican underlines Anthropology's opportunity to make a significant impact on the way Aboriginal issues are studied, perceived, and interpreted in Canada. He contends that anthropologists must quit lingering on the periphery of debates concerning land claims and race relations and become more actively committed to the public good. His study ranges over such challenging topics as advocacy roles in Aboriginal studies, the ethics of applied research, policy issues in community development, the political context of the self-government debate, and the dilemma of Aboriginal status and identity in Canada. Applied Anthropology in Canada is an impassioned call for a revitalized Anthropology - one more directly attuned to the practical problems faced by First Nations peoples. Hedican's focus on Aboriginal issues gives his work a strong contemporary relevance that bridges the gap between scholarly and public spheres

Includes bibliographical references and index

"In this second edition of a classic in the field, Edward Hedican takes stock of anthropology's research on current indigenous affairs and offers an up-to-date assessment of Aboriginal issues in Canada from the perspective of applied anthropology. In this central thesis Hedican underlines the opportunity of anthropology to make a significant impact on the way Aboriginal issues are studied, perceived, and interpreted in Canada. He contends that anthropologists must stop lingering on the periphery of debates concerning land claims and race relations and become more actively committed to the public good. His study ranges over such challenging topics as advocacy roles in Aboriginal studies, the ethics of applied research, policy issues in community development, the political context of the self-government debate, and the dilemma of Aboriginal status and identity in Canada" "This book is an impassioned call for a revitalized anthropology - one more directly attuned to the practical problems faced by First Nations peoples. Hedican's focus on Aboriginal issues gives his work a strong contemporary relevance that bridges the scholarly and the public spheres."--Jacket

This paper discusses the role of police forces in Aboriginal protests and confrontations. It takes as a case study the Report of the Ipperwash Inquiry, which was released on May 31, 2007. In 1995 Dudley George, a member of the Stoney Point First Nation, was shot by an Ontario Provincial Police officer during a protest at Ipperwash Provincial Park. Five recommendations are proposed in this paper to reduce the inherent tensions in such protests, focusing on methods of mediation and conflict resolution. In particular, it is proposed that during such protests a more extensive use be made of Aboriginal persons with training and skills in mediation and negotiations in order to improve communication between police and First Nations protesters. It is also evident that government officials need to become more actively involved in resolving land claims, especially before they become flashpoints for violence, and to remove such disputes from the realm of criminal activity to matters of civil litigation.

This paper discusses the role of police forces in Aboriginal protests and confrontations. It takes as a case study the Report of the Ipperwash Inquiry, which was released on May 31, 2007. In 1995 Dudley George, a member of the Stoney Point First Nation, was shot by an Ontario Provincial Police officer during a protest at Ipperwash Provincial Park. Five recommendations are proposed in this paper to reduce the inherent tensions in such protests, focusing on methods of mediation and conflict resolution. In particular, it is proposed that during such protests a more extensive use be made of Aboriginal persons with training and skills in mediation and negotiations in order to improve communication between police and First Nations protesters. It is also evident that government officials need to become more actively involved in resolving land claims, especially before they become flashpoints for violence, and to remove such disputes from the realm of criminal activity to matters of civil litigation.

The literature on the family in historical perspective has had an enduring interest in the determinants of family size, as well as related factors that have been considered to act as causal variables of this phenomenon. Various approaches have been proposed—cultural, economic, sociological, and demographic, to name a few—with no clear decision emerging in favor of one perspective or another. This article is an analysis of the issue of family size that uses as its research database an Irish farming community in eastern Ontario, Canada, during the 1861-1871 period. A number of strategies are used, such as comparing family size with the size of landholdings and with the changing structural components of Irish families. The issue of family size determinants is deemed to be a multifaceted one that is most advantageously viewed from a cultural relativist perspective.