Hidden in Plain Sight

Cora J. Voyageur is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Calgary.David R.Newhouse is the Chair and an associate professor in the Department of Indigenous Studies at Trent University.Dan Beavon is the past director of Strategic Research and Analysis for Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.

• Preface xiAcknowledgments xvContributors xviiPART 1: SETTING THE STAGEIntroduction 3Profile of Chief Dan George 14Christine ArmstrongPART 2: TREATIESTreaties and the Evolution of Canada 19Jean-Pierre MorinProfile of Harold Cardinal 35Catherine ClennetTreaties and Aboriginal-Government Relations, 1945–2000 38Michael CassidyProfile of Albert (‘Billy’) Diamond 61Alan ChoPART 3: ARTS AND MEDIAThe Art of Survival 67Maria von FinckensteinProfile of Norval Morrisseau 86Amanda SellarConnecting the Artists with the Art 89Marybelle MitchellProfile of Daphne Odjig 96Renee VardyNunavut Territory: Communications and Political Development in theCanadian North 99Gail Guthrie ValaskakisProfile of Kenojuak Ashevak 112Jennifer SinghNatives and Newcomers in the New World: Maritime Furniture and theInteraction of Cultures 115Jane l. CookProfile of Robert Charles Davidson 136Domenyk LeachContributions to Canadian Art by Aboriginal Contemporary Artists 140Gerald McMasterProfile of Allen Sapp 163Laura NimilowichPART 4: LITERATUREFirst Peoples Literature in Canada 169Kateri Akiwenzie-DammProfile of Jeannette C. Armstrong 177Angela ShepardAboriginal Literatures: A Distinctive Genre within CanadianLiterature 180Jeannette c. ArmstrongProfile of Tomson Highway 187Nancy LuuAboriginal Voices: Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples in Their Own Words 191Cheryl IsaacsProfile of Basil H. Johnston 200Kimberly BruceLaughing Till Your Face Is Red 203Drew Hayden TaylorProfile of Emily Pauline Johnson 210Cash RowePART 5: JUSTICEProfile of Anna Mae Pictou Aquash 215Natasha JoachimGetting Tough on Crime the Aboriginal Way: Alternative Justice Initiativesin Canada 218Katherine Beaty ChisteProfile of John Joseph (‘J.J.’) Harper 233Janet TraceAboriginal Peoples and the Canadian Criminal Justice System 236Carol LaprairieProfile of Helen Betty Osborne 246Stephanie PynePART 6: CULTURE AND IDENTITYInuit Names: The People Who Love You 251Valerie AliaProfile of John Kim Bell 267Nashila DharshiAboriginal Peoples and Canada’s Conscience 270Russel Lawrence BarshProfile of Freda Ahenakew 292Amber McGinnisHiding in ‘Plane’ View: Aboriginal Identities and a Fur-Trade CompanyFamily through Seven Generations 295David T. McNabProfile of Douglas Joseph Henry Cardinal 309Mary CummingsAboriginal Peoples and the Canoe 312Bruce W. Hodgins and Bryan PoirierPART 7: SPORTSProfile of Sharon Anne and Shirley Anne Firth 331Roland SimonThe Qimmiq 334Bryan CumminsProfile of Alwyn Morris 349Leona Furgason‘Eminently Canadian’: Indigenous Sports and Canadian Identity inVictorian Montreal 352Gillian PoulterProfile of Wayne ‘Gino’ Odjick 376Amy DellerAboriginal Rodeo Cowboys: The Good Times and the Bad 379Morgan BaillargeonProfile of Thomas Charles Longboat 400Roland SimonPART 8: MILITARYAboriginal Contributions to Canadian Culture and Identity in Wartime:English Canada’s Image of the ‘Indian’ and the Fall of France, 1940 405R. Scott SheffieldProfile of Thomas George Prince 419Jennifer AragonPART 9: OVERVIEWMultiple Points of Light: Grounds for Optimism among First Nations inCanada 425J. Rick Ponting and Cora J. VoyageurProfile of Larry Philip (‘Phil’) Fontaine 455Sophie Bonneau