Native North American Peoples - Law, Politics, & Government, Native North American History - Subarctic Tribes, Ethnic & Minority Studies - General & Miscellaneous, Socio-Cultural Anthropology - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
Questioning the ability of political organizations to assist in fully eradicating the oppression of First Nations and their citizens, the author critically reflects on the meaning of "self-government"—and the obstacles as well as solutions to some of its challenges. Concluding that self-government as a goal is too narrow and overly inundated by colonial meanings to be a full solution, Monture-Angus rejects the idea of "self-government" in favor of a much larger idea, independence.Synopsis
Questioning the ability of political organizations to assist in fully eradicating the oppression of First Nations and their citizens, the author critically reflects on the meaning of "self-government"—and the obstacles as well as solutions to some of its challenges. Concluding that self-government as a goal is too narrow and overly inundated by colonial meanings to be a full solution, Monture-Angus rejects the idea of "self-government" in favor of a much larger idea, independence.
Book Details
Published
September 1, 2000
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing Company, Limited
Pages
175
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781895686975