The Seventh Fire: The Struggle for Aboriginal Government - Smith, Dan

Clean, tight, unmarked; a small amount of pen underlining on page 5; light wear to corners and edges; single crease to spine; otherwise  minimal general wear; For the politicians and bureaucrats, lawyers and consultants, the search for ways to accommodate the needs of native Canada is a $6-billion per year industry. The country's most powerless people pay the price. Change is coming, in fact, at an astonishing pace. Across Canada, native communities are taking responsibility for education, health, justice, and municipal services. There are native-run social agencies, trust companies, police forces, health centres ... all the pieces that, taken together, amount to self-rule. The changes are so sudden that they are creating new tensions. Between native women and an established male leadership, between traditional beliefs and Western material values, between dependency on the Indian Act and the risk of self-rule, native people are struggling to shape the new political game. Dan Smith's impassioned exploration of this compelling story is based on more than a decade of research. This eye-opening book is an eloquent, moving, and indispensable survey of native affairs as they really are.
Very Good
Soft cover
Key Porter Books
1st Edition
1993
Toronto. ON