Canada: Indian Policy And Legislation - Aboriginal Identity Survival In Canada

Canada: Indian Policy And Legislation - Aboriginal Identity Survival In Canada   Maria C. Manzano-Munguía, 2011   This article examines the socio-historical construction of Indian policy and legislation as the processes set out to making the ‘Indian’ population legible to its rulers during the pre- and post-confederation periods in Upper Canada. I aim to demonstrate how Indian policy and legislation materialised into concrete actions that attempted to assimilate, civilise, and protect...

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