The People Who Own Themselves
Aboriginal Ethnogenesis in a Canadian Family, 1660-1900
Published on 30. June 2004
Book
Hardback
978-1-55238-115-1 (ISBN)
Description
The search for a MA(c)tis identity and what constitutes that identity is a key issue facing many Aboriginals of mixed ancestry today. The People Who Own Themselves reconstructs 250 years of Desjarlais family history across a substantial area of North America, from colonial Louisiana, the St. Louis, Missouri, region, and the American Southwest to Red River and Central Alberta. In the course of tracing the Desjarlais family, social, economic, and political factors influencing the development of various Aboriginal ethnic identities are discussed. With intriguing details about Desjarlais family members, this book offers new, original insights into the 1885 Northwest Rebellion, focusing on kinship as a motivating factor in the outcome of events. With a unique how-to appendix for MA(c)tis genealogical reconstruction, this book will be of interest to MA(c)tis wanting to research their own genealogy and to scholars engaged in the reconstruction of MA(c)tis ethnic identity.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Calgary
Canada
Illustrations
10 maps, 15 black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-55238-115-1 (9781552381151)
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Content
Preface; Race and Progress; The Concept of Race; The Classification of Races in Europe and North America: 1700-1850; Towards Scientific Racism; Antecedents of the Racial Worldview; Latent and Manifest Orientalism; The West and the Rest: Discourse and Power; Does Race' Matter? Transatlantic Perspectives on Racism after 'Race Relations'; When Place Becomes Race; Is there a 'Neo-Racism'?; The Relationship between Racism and anti-Semitism; Global Apartheid? Race and Religion in the New World Order; The Lore of the Homeland: Hindu Nationalism and Indigenist 'Neoracism'; Settling In: Epidemics and Conquest to the End of the First Century; The Guarani: The Economics of Ethnocide; The Indians Are Coming to an End: The Economics of Ethnocide; Saami and Norwegians: Symbols of Peoplehood and Nationhood; Of Our Spiritual Strivings; Capitalism and Slavery; Prelude to Settlement: Indians as Indentured Labourers; Resistance and Renewal: First Nations and Aboriginal Education in Canada; Towards a Antiracism Agenda in Education: The Case of Malta; The Denial of Difference: Reframing Anti-Racist Praxis; Working Precariously: The Impact of Race and Immigrants Status on Employment Opportunities and Outcomes in Canada; The Integration of Racism Into Everyday Life: The Story of Rosa N; They Can be Hired in Masses; They can be Managed and Controlled like Unthinking Slaves; The Imaginary Indian: The Image of the Indian in Canadian Culture; Our Enemies among Us! - The Portrayal of Arab and Muslim Americans in Post-9/11 American Media; Races, Racism and Popular Culture; Inflammatory Rhetoric? Baseless Accusations? A Response to Gabor's Critique of Racial Profiling Research in Canada; The Criminalisation of Indigenous People; Identity, Belonging and the Critique of Pure Sameness; How Jews Became White Folks and What That Says about Race in America; Between Black and White: Exploring the "Biracial" Experience; Colour and the Changing Racial Landscape; Language Matters; Imperialism, History, Writing & Theory; Anti-Racism, Social Movements and Civil Society; Racism/Anti-Racism, Precarious Employment and Unions; "Reverse Racism"? Students' Responses to Equity Programs; How Gays Stay White and What Kind of White It Stays.