Aboriginal Policy Research: A History of Treaties and Policies

by White, Jerry P.; Anderson, Erik; Morin, Jean-Pierre; Beavon, Dan

• ISBN13: 9781550771947
• ISBN10: 1550771949
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-17
• Publisher: Utp Distribution

Summary

The research and policy discussions included in Aboriginal Policy Research, Volume VII, offer a portion of the original papers presented at the third Aboriginal Policy Research Conference held in Ottawa in 2009.

Author Biography

Jerry P. White serves as Associate Dean (Graduate Studies, Policy and Planning) at the University of Western Ontario and is the Director of the Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium (International). He has written and co-written twelve books on health care and Aboriginal policy. Erik Anderson has over ten years experience in Aboriginal policy research for the Privy Council Office and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. Much of his career has been spent examining and writing about the history of federal government relations with First Nations, Inuit, and Mtis. Jean-Pierre Morin is the staff historian for the Treaty Relations Directorate at Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. He specializes in the history of treaties between the Crown and Aboriginal people as well as government policy relating to Aboriginal people. Dan Beavon is director of the Research and Analysis Directorate, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. He has worked in policy research for twenty years and manages an Aboriginal research program that focuses on a variety of issues, including increasing the amount and quality of strategic information available to the policy process.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Introduction	p. xii
Historic Treaties and Modern Meaning
Aboriginal-Crown Treaty-Making in Canada: A Many Splendoured Thing	p. 3
Concepts of Extinguishment in the Upper Canada Land Surrender Treaties, 1764-1862	p. 15
The Numbered Treaties and the Liberal Order Framework	p. 41
Shading a Promise: Interpreting the Livelihood Rights Clauses in Nineteenth-Century Canadian Treaties with First Nations	p. 59
The Treaty Annuity as Livelihood Assistance and Relationship Renewal	p. 73
Treaty Implementation in Canada	p. 99
From History to Policy
First Nations Trade, Specialization and Market Institutions: A Historical Survey of First Nation Market Culture	p. 109
Reconciliation with Residential School Survivors: A Progress Report	p. 133
A Brief History of Federal Inuit Policy Development: Lessons in Consultation and Cultural Competence	p. 147
Are We Really Sorry? Some Reflections on Canadian Indigenous Policies in the Early Twenty-First Century	p. 175
References Cited	p. 199
Notes on Contributors	p. 209
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