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Seen but not seen : influential Canadians and the First Nations from the 1840s to today
Title:
Seen but not seen : influential Canadians and the First Nations from the 1840s to today
Author:
Smith, Donald B.
ISBN:
9781442627703
Physical Description:
451 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Summary:
Throughout the nineteenth and most of the twentieth century, the majority of Canadians argued that European "civilization" must replace Indigenous culture. The ultimate objective was assimilation into the dominant society. Seen but Not Seen explores the history of Indigenous marginalization and why non-Indigenous Canadians failed to recognize Indigenous societies and cultures as worthy of respect. Approaching the issue biographically, Donald B. Smith presents the commentaries of sixteen influential Canadians - including John A. Macdonald, George Grant, and Emily Carr - who spoke extensively on Indigenous subjects. Supported by documentary records spanning over nearly two centuries, Seen but Not Seen covers fresh ground in the history of settler-Indigenous relations.
Contents:
John A. Macdonald and the Indians -- John McDougall and the Stoney Nakoda -- George Monro Grant: an English Canadian public intellectual and the Indians -- Chancellor John A. Boyd and fellow Georgian Bay cottager Kathleen Coburn -- Duncan Campbell Scott: determined assimilationist -- Paul A. W. Wallace and The White Roots of Peace -- Quebec viewpoints: from Lionel Groulx to Jacques Rousseau -- Attitudes on the pacific coast: Franz Boas, Emily Carr, and Maisie Hurley -- Alberta perspectives: Long Lance, John Laurie, Hugh Dempsey, and Harold Cardinal -- Epilogue: the First Nations and Canada's conscience.
Subject:
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Public opinion.
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Social conditions.
Canada -- Ethnic relations.
Canada -- Race relations.