The Burden of History: Colonialism and the Frontier Myth in a Rural Canadian CommunityThis book is an ethnography of the cultural politics of Native/non-Native relations in a small interior BC city - Williams Lake - at the height of land claims conflicts and tensions. Furniss analyses contemporary colonial relations in settler societies, arguing that "ordinary" rural Euro-Canadians exercise power in maintaining the subordination of aboriginal people through "common sense" assumptions and assertions about history, society, and identity, and that these cultural activities are forces in an ongoing, contemporary system of colonial domination. She traces the main features of the regional Euro-Canadian culture and shows how this cultural complex is thematically integrated through the idea of the frontier. Key facets of this frontier complex are expressed in diverse settings: casual conversations among Euro-Canadians; popular histories; museum displays; political discourse; public debates about aboriginal land claims; and ritual celebrations of the city's heritage. |
Contents
Culture and Colonialism in Rural British Columbia | 3 |
The Burden of History | 27 |
Pioneers Progress and | 53 |
Regional Identities Pioneer Traditions | 79 |
Indians Whites and CommonSense Racism | 104 |
The Land Claims Public Forum | 138 |
Negotiating Indianness in | 164 |
Conclusions and Comments | 186 |
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The Burden of History: Colonialism and the Frontier Myth in a Rural Canadian ... Elizabeth Furniss No preview available - 1999 |
Common terms and phrases
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Aboriginal cultures Aboriginal land claims Aboriginal people's Aboriginal rights Aboriginal title Aboriginal treaties Aboriginal/Euro-Canadian Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal Alexis Creek Anaham area First Nations argue attitudes band Braroe British Columbia Canada Canadian society Cariboo Cariboo gold rush Cariboo-Chilcotin Carrier celebration challenge Chilcotin colonial community leaders conflict contemporary context critical discourses discussions displays dominant culture drunk Indian economic epistemology Euro Euro-Canadian European everyday families festival forest industry forms Fort Alexandria Fraser River frontier complex frontier histories frontier myth groups hegemonic identity ideology images Indian Act Indian Affairs individuals Inuit Mooney moral narrative Nations leaders Native negotiate non-Aboriginal audiences past pioneer political popular population powwow provincial public values racism ranches regional relations relationships reserve communities residents resistance riginal ritual rodeo rural salmon Secwepemc settlement settlers small-town social Soda Creek stampede organizers stereotypes strategies struggle symbols tions traditions Tsilhqot'in urban Williams Lake Stampede
References to this book
Battle Grounds: The Canadian Military and Aboriginal Lands P. Whitney Lackenbauer No preview available - 2007 |