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Record Nr.

UNINA9910139356103321

Autore

Smith Keith D (Keith Douglas), <1953->

Titolo

Liberalism, surveillances and resistance : Indigenous communities in Western Canada, 1877-1927 / / by Keith D. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athabasca University Press, 2009

Edmonton, Alberta : , : AU Press, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

1-282-81966-6

9786612819667

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s)

Collana

The West Unbound : Social and Cultural Studies

Disciplina

971.1004/97

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Alberta - History

Indians of North America - British Columbia - History

Liberalism - Alberta - History

Liberalism - British Columbia - History

Marginality, Social - Alberta - History

Marginality, Social - British Columbia - History

Northwest Territories History 1870-1905

Alberta History 1905-1945

British Columbia History 1871-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements -- The Liberal Surveillance Complex -- The Transformation of Indigenous Territory -- Churches, Police Forces, and the Department of Indian Affairs -- Disciplinary Surveillance and the Department of Indian Affairs -- The British Columbia Interior and the Treaty 7 Region to 1877 -- The British Columbia Interior, 1877 to 1927 -- Exclusionary Liberalism in World War I and Beyond -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Canada is regularly presented as a country where liberalism has ensured freedom and equality for all. Yet with the expansion of settlers into the First Nations territories that became southern Alberta and BC, liberalism proved to be an exclusionary rather than inclusionary force.



Between 1877 and 1927, government officials, police officers, church representatives, ordinary settlers, and many others operated to exclude and reform Indigenous people. Presenting Anglo-Canadian liberal capitalist values and structures and interests as normal, natural, and beyond reproach devalued virtually every aspect of Indigenous cultures. This book explores the means used to facilitate and justify colonization, their effects on Indigenous economic, political, social, and spiritual lives, and how they were resisted.