The Indian Association of Alberta

by Drees, Laurie Meijer

• ISBN13: 9780774808767
• ISBN10: 0774808764
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: Univ of British Columbia Pr

Summary

The history of indigenous political action in Canada is long, hard-fought, and little told. By the mid-1900s, Native peoples across western Canada were actively involved in their own political unions in a drive to be heard outside their own, often isolated, reserve communities. In Alberta, Johnny Callihoo and Metis leader Malcolm Norris founded the Indian Association of Alberta (IAA), which came to represent a large body of treaty Indian peoples across the province.

Author Biography

Laurie Meijer Drees teaches in the First Nations Studies Department at Malaspina University College, Nanaimo, British Columbia.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
A General Setting	p. 3
The Origins of the Indian Association of Alberta	p. 9
The Structure and Expansion of the Early Indian Association of Alberta	p. 28
"Outside Help": John Laurie and Non-Indian Supporters of the Indian Association of Alberta	p. 42
The Indian Association of Alberta and Its Relations with the Indian Affairs Branch, 1939-46	p. 72
Reconciling Citizenship and Treaty Rights: The IAA and the Special Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Commons, 1946-48	p. 108
Political Pragmatics: Amending the Indian Act, 1948-58	p. 126
Political Visions: Diefenbaker to Trudeau	p. 154
"Nikanastewimakewin": Comparing the Political Thought of John Callihoo and John Tootoosis	p. 172
Final Thoughts	p. 185
Appendices
Indian Association of Alberta Executive Members, 1939-71	p. 193
Supervisors of Local Department of Indian Affairs, Alberta, 1939-69	p. 197
Indian Affairs Administration, 1939-68	p. 198
Alberta Reserve Land Surrenders	p. 200
Notes	p. 202
Bibliography	p. 229
Index	p. 239
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