Aboriginal Canada revisited

Abstract

Preface and Acknowledgements -- Kerstin Knopf Introduction: Aboriginal Canada Revisited -- Kerstin Knopf I. HEALTH, SOCIAL ISSUES, POLITICS De-colonizing Canadian Aboriginal Health and Social Services from the Inside Out: A Case Study - The Ahousaht Holistic Society -- Marlene R. Atleo The Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada: A Case Study of Aboriginal Health -- Falko Brede The Nisga'a Common Bowl in Tradition and Politics -- Mansell Griffin and Antino Spanjer II. EDUCATION Metis Scholarship in the 21st Century: Life on the Periphery -- Tricia Logan Responding to the Needs of Post-secondary Aboriginal Education: The Development of the Indigenous Leadership and Community Development Program -- Barbara Walberg III. IMAGINING AND IMAGING THE 'INDIAN' The Imaginary Indian in German Children's Non-Fiction Literature -- Genevieve Susemihl The Art of Exclusion: The Status of Aboriginal Art in the McMichael Canadian Art Collection -- Siobhan N. Smith IV. LITERATURE 'Decolonizing the Mind': Drew Hayden Taylor's Play with the Semantics of Irony in Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth -- Nancy Grimm Humorous Restorifications: Rewriting History with Healing Laughter -- Eva Gruber Modernizing the 'Indian': Literary Constructions of the Native in Selected Novels by Thomas King -- Thomas Rudell Reflections of Oral Traditions in Contemporary Native Writing: Ruby Slipperjack's Honour The Sun -- Katarzyna Juchnowicz V. PRINT MEDIA AND FILM Aboriginal Child Welfare: Symbolic Battleground in the News Media -- Robert Harding Tradition, Solidarity and Empowerment: An Analysis of Aboriginal News Representations in Canada -- Steffi Retzlaff 'Stolen Sisters': Discrimination and Violence Against Indigenous Women as Represented in Canadian Films -- Kerstin Knopf List of Contributors Index