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    Visions of the heart : issues involving Aboriginal peoples in Canada / edited by David Long and Olive Patricia Dickason.

    • Title:Visions of the heart : issues involving Aboriginal peoples in Canada / edited by David Long and Olive Patricia Dickason.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Dickason, Olive Patricia, 1920-2011, editor.
      Long, David Alan, 1958- editor.
      Xwi7xwa Collection.
    • Published/Created:Don Mills, Ontario : Oxford University Press, [2016]
    • Holdings

       
    • FNHL (Xwi7xwa) Subjects:Indigenous Peoples--History.
      Indigenous Peoples--Culture.
      Indigenous Peoples--Social conditions.
    • Library of Congress Subjects: Inuit--Canada--Social conditions.
      Indigenous peoples--Canada--Textbooks.
    • Genre/Form:Textbooks.
    • Edition:Fourth edition.
    • Description:xxxi, 444 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
    • Summary:Visions of the Heart is a contributed volume that offers a rich, in-depth study of contemporary issues involving Aboriginal peoples in Canada. This thought-provoking collection brings together leading Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal scholars from across the country to explore the relationships between First Nations, Metis, and Inuit peoples and other Canadianas throughout the country's history to the present day. Extensively updated throughout, with new essays on identity, the environment, gender, art, and criminal justice... back cover
    • Notes:Includes glossary (pages 389-398).
      Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-441) and index.
    • ISBN:9780199014774 (paperback)
      0199014779 (paperback)
    • Contents:Introduction / David Long
      1. Indigenous eco-technological knowings meet university satellite campus teachings on the Rez / Peter Cole
      2. All our relations: Aboriginal perspectives on environmental issues in Canada / Deborah McGregor
      3. The "Canada problem" in Aboriginal politics / David Newhouse and Yale Belanger
      4. Elders' teachings in the twenty-first century: a personal reflection / Marlene Brant Castellano
      5. Foundations: First Nation and MeĢtis families / Kim Anderson and Jessica Ball
      6. First Nations women in Canada / Cora J. Voyageur
      7. Indigenous men: masculinity and leadership / John Swift and Lee Maracle
      8. Aboriginal demography / Don Kerr and Roderic Beaujot
      9. Aboriginal languages in Canada: generational and community perspectives on language maintenance, loss, and revitalization / Mary Jane Norris
      10. Learning from Indegenous knowledge in education / Jan Hare and Sara Florence Davidson
      11. Art and reconciliation / Jonathan Dewar
      12. A way forward in efforts to support the health and well-being of Canada's Aboriginal peoples / Martin Cooke and David Long
      13. Aboriginal communities in the city: reflections along the path to self-government / Kevin FitzMaurice and Don McCaskill
      14. The failed foreign system of criminal justice and the problem with Canada / Lisa Monchalin
      15. Reconciliation and a way forward: a concluding dialogue / David Newhouse and David Long.
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