Indian Agents: Rulers of the Reserves

ISBN-13: 9781433135125 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 196 str.

John L. Steckley

Opis

This book provides an introductory look at the control Indian Agents, who were primarily White men, exercised over Aboriginal communities in Canada from the 1870s to the 1960s. The book concludes with a comparison of the Indian Agent System in Canada, with similar systems in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.

Spis treści

Introduction - Hayter Reed: Iron Heart and Empty Stomachs -John W. McIver: The Conniver - William Morris Graham: The Colonizer - William May Halliday: Prosecutor of the Potlatch - Fred Hall: Walpole Island Throws the Indian Agent Out - Comparisons and Conclusions - Index of Indian Agents - General Index.

O autorze

John L. Steckley received a B.A. in anthropology at York University, an M.A. in anthropology from Memorial University of Newfoundland, as well as an Ed.D. from the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. He taught at Humber College from 1986 to 2015. His primary area of research is Aboriginal studies, especially languages and history. Steckley has published 18 books, including White Lies about the Inuit and Learning from the Past: Five Cases of Aboriginal Justice. Some of his awards include the Robert F. Heizer Prize and the Ontario Archaeology Society's 2014 Award for Excellence in Publishing.