Makuk

by Lutz, John Sutton

• ISBN13: 9780774811392
• ISBN10: 0774811390
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-01
• Publisher: Univ of British Columbia Pr

Summary

the History of Aboriginal-settler interactions in Canada continues to hauntthe national imagination. Despite billions of dollers spent on the "Indian problem," Aboriginal people remain the poorest in the country. Because the stereotype of the "Lazy Indian" is never far from the surface, many Canadians wonder if the problem lay with "Indians" themselves.

Table of Contents

Maps, Figures, and Tables
Makuk
Introduction: Molasses Stick Legs	p. 3
Porno Wawa: The Other Jargon	p. 15
Making the Lazy Indian	p. 31
The Lekwungen	p. 49
The Tsilhqot'in	p. 119
Outside History: Labourers of the Aboriginal Province	p. 163
The White Problem	p. 233
Prestige to Welfare: Remaking the Moditional Economy	p. 257
Conclusion: The Outer Edge of Probability, 1970-2007	p. 275
Postscript: Subordination without Subjugation	p. 301
Appendices	p. 309
Notes	p. 319
Bibliography	p. 380
Acknowledgments	p. 402
Credits	p. 405
Index	p. 420
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.