Aboriginal Peoples in Canadian Cities

Heather A. Howard And Craig Proulx

Description

Since the 1970s, Aboriginal people have been more likely to live in Canadian cities than on reserves or in rural areas. Aboriginal rural-to-urban migration and the development of urban Aboriginal communities represent one of the most significant shifts in the histories and cultures of Aboriginal peoples in Canada. The essays in Aboriginal Peoples in Canadian Cities: Transformations and Continuities are from contributors directly engaged in urban Aboriginal communities; they draw on extensive ethnographic research on and by Aboriginal people and their own lived experiences.

The interdisciplinary studies of urban Aboriginal community and identity collected in this volume offer narratives of unique experiences and aspects of urban Aboriginal life. They provide innovative perspectives on cultural transformation and continuity and demonstrate how comparative examinations of the diversity within and across urban Aboriginal experiences contribute to broader understandings of the relationship between Aboriginal peoples and the Canadian state and to theoretical debates about power dynamics in the production of community and in processes of identity formation.

Sujets

• Index of urban studies articles

Informations

• Publié par: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Date de parution: 12 avril 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781554583140
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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A B O R I G I N A L P E O P L E S I N C A N A D I A N C I T I E S Tr a n s f o r ma t i o n s a n d C o n t i n u i t i e s

Heather A. Howard and Craig Proulx, editors

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Aboriginal peoples in Canadian cities : transformations and continuities / Heather A. Howard and Craig Proulx, editors.

(Indigenous studies) Includes bibliographical references and index. Also issued in electronic format. ISBN 978-1-55458-260-0

1. Native peoples—Urban residence—Canada. 2. Native peoples—Canada—Social conditions. 3. Community development—Canada. I. Howard, Heather A., 1966– II. Proulx, Craig, 1955– III. Series: Indigenous studies series

E78.C2A1485 2011 305.897'071 C2010-907864-0

Electronic formats. ISBN 978-1-55458-314-0 (PDF), ISBN 978-1-55458-345-4 (EPUB)

1. Native peoples—Urban residence—Canada. 2. Native peoples—Canada—Social conditions. 3. Community development—Canada. I. Howard, Heather A., 1966– II. Proulx, Craig, 1955– III. Series: Indigenous studies series (Online)

E78.C2A1485 2011b 305.897'071 C2010-907865-9

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For Susan Applegate Krouse, friend, colleague, mentor, Heather and for Dianne Garrett, the love of my life Craig   

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Contents   

1Transformations and Continuities: An Introduction Heather A. Howard and Craig Proulx1

2Urban Life: Reflections of a Middle-Class Indian David R. Newhouse23

3Nomadic Legacies and Contemporary Decision-Making Strategies between Reserve and CityRegna Darnell39

4The Papaschase Band: Building Awareness and Community in the City of EdmontonJaimy L. Miller53

5“Regaining the childhood I should have had”: The Transformation of Inuit Identities, Institutions, and Community in Ottawa Donna Patrick, Julie-Ann Tomiak, Lynda Brown, Heidi Langille, and Mihaela Vieru69

6The Friendship Centre: Native People and the Organization of Community in CitiesHeather A. Howard87

7Neoliberalism and the Urban Aboriginal Experience: A Casino Rama Case StudyDarrel Manitowabi109

8Challenges to and Successes in Urban Aboriginal Education in Canada: A Case Study of Wiingashk Secondary School Sadie Donovan123

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9A Critical Discourse Analysis of John Stackhouse’s “Welcome to Harlem on the Prairies”Craig Proulx143

10Urban Aboriginal Gangs and Street Sociality in the Canadian West: Places, Performances, and Predicaments of Transition Kathleen Buddle171

11“Why Is My People Sleeping?”: First Nations Hip Hop between the Rez and the CityMarianne Ignace203

12Plains Indian Ways to Inter-tribal Cultural Healing in Vancouver Lindy-Lou Flynn227

Contributors 245

Index 249