Makuk: A New History of Aboriginal-White Relations
By Unknown Author.
Description
Winner of the 2009 Clio Prize for British ColumbiaThe history of Aboriginal-settler interactions in Canada continues to haunt the national imagination. Despite billions of dollars spent on the “Indian problem,” Aboriginal people remain the poorest in the country. Because the stereotype of the “lazy Indian” is never far from the surface, many Canadians wonder if the problem lies with “Indians” themselves.John Lutz traces Aboriginal people’s involvement in the new economy, and their displacement from it, from the first arrival of Europeans to the 1970...
ISBN(s)
0774811404, 9780774811408
