Canada and the First Nations : cooperation or conflict? / Douglas L. Bland.

Bland, Douglas L., (author.). Macdonald-Laurier Institute, (issuing body.).

Summary:

For all the meetings, plans and requests by prime ministers and native chiefs, conditions within some First Nations communities languish. While a growing number are improving, others suffer from severe deprivation. The poorer communities often seethe with frustration. Expectations raised by legal victories and government announcements seem to lead nowhere, or fall away. As the frustrations of unfulfilled expectations rise, anger in the communities festers, especially among young people. The outcome? An idea that most Canadians would have seen as preposterous a year ago, but which is now very real: the possibility of a disruptive confrontation between Canada's Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities.

Record details

Physical Description: 46 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Publisher: Ottawa, Ontario : Macdonald-Laurier Institute, [2013]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from cover. "May 2013."
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 45-46).
Formatted Contents Note:	Executive summary -- Sommaire -- First nations: our distant partners -- 1. The feasibility hypothesis -- 2. The first determinant: the fractionalized nation -- 3. The second determinant: the warrior cohort -- 4. The third/fourth determinants: the economy in action -- 5. The third/fourth determinants: the natural resources/security paradox -- 6. The fifth determinant: the security guarantee -- 7. The five determinants and the possibilities for change -- 8. The new reality: recognition of aboriginal autonomy -- Endnotes -- About the author.
Language Note:	In English; summary also in French.