Disrobing the aboriginal industry :

"Despite the billions of dollars devoted to aboriginal causes, Native people in Canada continue to suffer all the symptoms of a marginalized existence - high rates of substance abuse, violence, poverty. Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry argues that the policies proposed to address these problems - land claims and self government - are in fact contributing to their entrenchment.

By examining the root causes of aboriginal problems, Frances Widdowson and Albert Howard expose the industry that has grown up around land claim settlements, showing that aboriginal policy development over the past thirty years has been manipulated by non-aboriginal lawyers and consultants. They analyse all the major aboriginal policies, examine issues that have received little critical attention - child care, health care, education, traditional knowledge - and propose the comprehensive government provision of health, education, and housing rather than deficient delivery through Native self-government.

Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry presents a convincing argument that the "Aboriginal Industry" has failed to address the fundamental economic and cultural basis of native problems, leading instead to policies that offer a financial benefit to the leadership while entrenching the misery of most aboriginal people." - Provided by publisher

Call Number:

E78 .C2 W4885 2008

Title Responsibility:

Frances Widdowson and Albert Howard.

Author Information:

Frances Widdowson is a faculty member, Department of Policy Studies, Mount Royal College. Albert Howard has worked as a consultant for government and Native groups, and is currently an instructor and Director of Programs, Kennedy College of Technology, Toronto.

Production Place:

Montreal :

Producer:

McGill-Queen's University Press,

Production Date:

c2008.

Band Tribe Geography Time:

Multiple Nations

Reviews:

McGhee, Robert. "Blowing the whistle: two academics take on the Canadian elites who profit from aboriginal poverty." Literary Review of Canada, Mar. 2009, p. 11+. Book Review Index Plus, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A243527732/BRIP?u=utoronto_main&sid=B....

Frost, Robert. "Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry: The Deception Behind Indigenous Cultural Preservation." Saskatchewan Law Review, Summer 2009, pp. 330-331. Book Review Index Plus, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A213193890/BRIP?u=utoronto_main&sid=B....

Lemelin, Raynald Harvey. "DISROBING THE ABORIGINAL INDUSTRY: THE DECEPTION BEHIND INDIGENOUS CULTURAL PRESERVATION." Arctic, vol. 62, no. 3, 2009, p. 356+. Book Review Index Plus, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A208951333/BRIP?u=utoronto_main&sid=B....

Salee, Daniel. "Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry. The Deception Behind Indigenous Cultural Preservation." International Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 41, 2010, p. 315+. Book Review Index Plus, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A269949146/BRIP?u=utoronto_main&sid=B....

Decoste, F.C., and Hadley Friedland. "Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry: The Deception Behind Indigenous Cultural Preservation." Ottawa Law Review, Spring 2010, p. 377+. Book Review Index Plus, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A255363341/BRIP?u=utoronto_main&sid=B....

Simpson, Leanne. "Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry: The Deception behind Indigenous Cultural Preservation." Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 25, no. 1, 2010, p. 104+. Book Review Index Plus, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A224335141/BRIP?u=utoronto_main&sid=B....

Hele, Karl. "Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry: The Deception Behind Indigenous Cultural Preservation." Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 30, no. 1, 2010, p. 196+. Book Review Index Plus, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A286516813/BRIP?u=utoronto_main&sid=B....

Recommended For:

Research

Catalogue Key:

6682654

Law Subject(s):

Public Policy

Reserves

Self-governance

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