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• Title:The colonial problem : an indigenous perspective on crime and injustice in Canada / Lisa Monchalin.
  
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• Author/Creator:Monchalin, Lisa, 1981- author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Xwi7xwa Collection
  
• Published/Created:Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
  ©2016
  

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  • Location:XWI7XWA LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: H M65 C65 2016
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• FNHL (Xwi7xwa) Subjects:Indigenous Peoples--Discrimination.
  Indigenous Peoples--Relations with government.
  Indigenous Peoples--Government policy.
  
• Library of Congress Subjects: Discrimination in criminal justice administration--Canada.
  Indigenous peoples--Crimes against--Canada.
  Criminal justice, Administration of--Canada.
  Indigenous peoples--Canada--Social conditions.
  Indigenous peoples--Crimes against--Canada.
  Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws, etc.--Canada.
  Indigenous peoples--Government relations--Canada
  
• Description:xxxv, 412 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  
• Summary:"In the Canadian criminal justice system, aboriginal peoples are overrepresented as both victims and offenders. The aboriginal incarcerated population in Canada is rising each year and aboriginal people are twice as likely to become victims of assaults when compared to non-aboriginal people. In response, the Canadian state has framed the disproportionate victimization and criminalization of aboriginal peoples as being an "Indian problem." In The Colonial Problem, Lisa Monchalin challenges the myth of the Indian problem by encouraging readers to recognize the consequences of assimilation, crimes affecting aboriginal peoples, and violence against aboriginal women from a more culturally aware position. By bringing to light the truth of Canada's colonial past, the book demonstrates that the overrepresentation of aboriginal peoples in the Canadian criminal justice system is not an Indian problem but a colonial one."-- Provided by publisher.
  
• Additional formats:Issued also in electronic format.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781442608054 (bound)
  1442608056 (bound)
  9781442606623 (paperback)
  1442606622 (paperback)
  9781442606630 (pdf)
  9781442606647 (html)
  
• Contents:Introduction to indigenous peoples in Canada
  Introduction to an indigenous perspective : ideology and teachings
  Indigenous governance and methods of addressing crime
  Historical and contemporary colonialism
  Canadian legal history : the interpretation of indigenous treaties and rights
  Indigenous peoples and the state : legal manipulation and Indian legislation
  The impact of assimilation : residential schools and intergenerational trauma
  Crime affecting indigenous peoples : over-representation, explanations, and risk factors
  Violence affecting indigenous women : struggle, sexualization, and subjugation
  The real criminals : governments and their corporate priorities and failed agreements
  Modern agreements and land claims : the government's desire for "economic certainty"
  Euro-Canadian "justice" systems and traditional indigenous justice
  Moving forward : lighting the eighth fire.