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Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-323) and index

Between Colliding Worlds: The Ambiguous Existence of Government
Agencies for Aboriginal and Women's Policy, Jonathan Malloy,
Toronto: University of Toronto Press/IPAC, 2003, pp. x, 217.This book explores the complex relationship between "special
policy agencies" created to address the needs of specific social
groups, and the social movements that arise to advocate for these groups.
Its main premise is that special policy agencies exist in a state of
permanent—and highly useful—ambiguity, forming a conduit that
enables the conflicting worlds of social movements and governments to
articulate their highly distinct agendas in a manner comprehensible to
both "worlds."

The regulation of Native identity has been central to the colonization process in both Canada and the United States. Systems of classification and control enable settler governments to define who is "Indian," and control access to Native land. These regulatory systems have forcibly supplanted traditional Indigenous ways of identifying the self in relation to land and community, functioning discursively to naturalize colonial worldviews. Decolonization, then, must involve deconstructing and reshaping how we understand Indigenous identity.

Argues that postcolonial & antiracism theorists have ignored Indigenous decolonization & fail to recognize Canada as a colonialist state. Although antiracism is premised on an ongoing colonial project, Canadian antiracism is furthering contemporary colonial agendas by not challenging the continuing colonization of Aboriginal peoples. Critical race theory, postcolonial theory, & theories of nationalism are assessed to show how their analyses of race/racism exclude the Indigenous presence & current examples of colonization, especially in the Americas. These theorists present the history of slavery & race politics in ways that obscure the ongoing oppression of aboriginal people. Emphasis is placed on the need for a dialogue between antiracist theorists/activists & Indigenous scholars/communities. It is suggested that antiracist theorists must begin to place antiracist agendas within the context of Aboriginal sovereignty & make colonization central to the construction of knowledge about race/racism. The existence of antiracism within Native communities is discussed, along with the implications of colonial legislation on Native identity & forms of racism within Native communities. References. J. Lindroth