As Long As the Sun Shines and Water Flows; A Reader in Canadian Native Studies

Antoine S Lussier,Ian L. Getty

ISBN 10: 0774801840 / ISBN 13: 9780774801843

Published by University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, 1995

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8vo pp.362.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: As Long As the Sun Shines and Water Flows; A Reader in Canadian Native Studies
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0774801840
• ISBN 13: 9780774801843
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very good
• Dust Jacket Condition: n odustjacket
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Native Studies

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Synopsis

This collection of papers focuses on Canadian Native history since 1763 and presents an overview of official Canadian Indian policy and its effects on the Indian, Inuit, and Metis. Issues and themes covered include colonial Indian policy, constitutional developments, Indian treaties and policy, government decision-making and Native responses reflecting both persistence and change, and the broad issue of aboriginal and treaty rights.

About the Author

Ian A.L. Getty is research director at the Nakoda Institute. Antoine S. Lussier is director of the Native Studies programme at the University of Saskatchewan.