Speaking with Authority: The Emergence of the Vocabulary of First Nations' Self-Government Contributor(s): Posluns, Michael W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415946530 ISBN-13: 9780415946537 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2006 Annotation: This work explores the emergence of the vocabulary of First Nations' self-government into the realm of public and parliamentary discourse in Canada during the decade of the 1970s. The emergence of the vocabulary is chronicled through a study of the testimony of First Nations and aboriginal witnesses before a series of Joint Committees on the Constitutions and the Commons Committee on Indian Affairs and Northern Development. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
Dewey: 323.119 |
LCCN: 2006014054 |
Series: Indigenous Peoples and Politics |
Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.34" W x 9.3" (1.32 lbs) 256 pages |
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Publisher Description: This work explores the emergence of the vocabulary of First Nations' self-government into the realm of public and parliamentary discourse in Canada during the decade of the 1970s. The emergence of the vocabulary is chronicled through a study of the testimony of First Nations and aboriginal witnesses before a series of Joint Committees on the Constitutions and the Commons Committee on Indian Affairs and Northern Development. |