Dynamics of Native Politics

The Alberta Metis Experience

Häftad, Engelska, 1998

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Historically, Aboriginal people have had little influence on the development of Native policy from within government; as a result political organizations have been established to lobby government on Native peoples' issues. Using his experience as director of land claims for the Métis Association of Alberta, Joe Sawchuk explains how these Aboriginal organizations began, how they set their political agendas, and how they are influenced by government funding and internal politics. The record of Native political organizations in Canada has been impressive, yet questions remain if government agendas blunts their effectiveness, and how decreases in funding might affect them in the future.

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Utgivningsdatum1998-02-01
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt314 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SeriePurich's Aboriginal Issues Series
Antal sidor192
FörlagPurich Publishing
ISBN9781895830095

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Joe Sawchuk is an anthropologist. He has worked as a consultant for various Aboriginal organizations and has taught anthropology at the University of Toronto and at Memorial University. He currently teaches Native Studies at Brandon University. He is the author of The Metis of Manitoba: Reformulation of an Ethnic Identity, co-author of Metis Land Rights in Alberta: A Political History, and has written numerous articles.

Introduction1. Classification of Nativeness in Canada Status IndiansInuitNon-Status IndiansMetisThe Process of Ethno-Aboriginality2. Native Political Organizations in CanadaA Listing of Native OrganizationsThe Structure of Native OrganizationsAn Analysis of Native OrganizationsSummary3. The Metis Association of AlbertaEarly Metis Political Organizations in AlbertaThe Beginnings of the Metis Association of AlbertaThe Supplanting of the Metis Association of AlbertaA Period of RevitalizationThe Advent of Government FundingThe Federation of Metis SettlementsThe Metis Association of AlbertaThe Metis Nation of Alberta4. Native Organizations and the Federal GovernmentThe Source of Federal Indian PolicyNation to Nation or Client to Patron?Native Organizations and Federal FundingReciprocity in the Patron-Client RelationshipThe Pervasiveness of the Patron-Client RelationshipSummary5. Native Organizations and Provincial GovernmentsSources of Provincial Indian PoliciesAlberta's Indian PolicyImplications of Provincial FundingPartisan Politics and TutelageLand ClaimsNatural ResourcesFederal and Provincial Governments ComparedSummary6. Politics Within the Metis Association of AlbertaThe Metis Political ArenaThe Importance of PositionsInterorganizational RivalryElectionsVotersPoliticking at the AssemblySummary7. An Analysis of Power Within the Metis Association of AlbertaA Model of Resource DependenceMoney as PowerPrograms as PowerPersonnel as PowerTechnical Knowledge as PowerSummary8. Rationale for the Existence of Native OrganizationsPrinciples of OrganizationInternal PoliticsAchieving Political GoalsWhere Do We Go From Here?ReferencesIndex

Sawchuk displays an obvious expertise in his subject, and his book contains breathtaking detail regarding the genesis and maintenance of Alberta Métis organizations. - Chris Andersen (Great Plains Research, Vol. 10, No. 1) The Métis land claims are now coming into their own and Professor Sawchuk gives us a quick overview as to matters we must understand in order to deal with the same. - Ronald MacIsaac (The Verdict) This is not a book for recreational reading. But if you would like to get a picture of the native political organizations and their complex relationships with provincial and federal governments, this is a good book to start with. (The Prairie Messenger)