"Enough to keep them alive" : Indian welfare in Canada, 1873-1965 /

Far from being a measure of progress or humanitarian aid, Indian welfare policy in Canada was used deliberately to oppress and marginalize First Nations peoples and to foster their assimilation into the dominant society. 'Enough to Keep Them Alive' explores the history of the development a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shewell, Hugh, 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ontario] ; Buffalo [New York] : University of Toronto Press, [2004]
Colección:Heritage
Temas:
Indians of North America > Public welfare > Canada.
Indians of North America > Canada > Economic conditions.
Indian reservations > Canada.
Indian reservations > Canada > History.
Indians > Public welfare > Canada > History.
Indigenous peoples > North America
First Nations reserves
First Nations > Government relations > 1860-1951.
Peuples autochtones > Aide sociale > Canada > Histoire.
Premières Nations > Relations avec l'État > 1860-1951.
Réserves indiennes > Canada > Histoire.
Indiens d'Amérique > Canada > Conditions économiques.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Economic policy.
Indian reservations.
Indians of North America > Economic conditions.
Indians of North America > Public welfare.
Social policy.
Canada > Social policy.
Canada > Economic policy.
Canada.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Themes and issues
  • The context of relief policy development at the time of Confederation
  • The development of rudimentary relief administration during the initial period of subjugation, 1873-1912
  • Relief policy and the consolidation of subjugation, 1913-1944
  • Other influences: the transition to the period of citizenship, 1918-1944
  • Citizenship: the general context of postwar Indian Welfare policy
  • The influence of the Social Sciences: the secular understanding of the 'Other'
  • The emergence of Indian Welfare Bureaucracy, 1945-1960
  • the Indian in transition: social welfare and provincial services, 1959-1965
  • Shooting an elephant in Canada.

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