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Speaking with Authority: The Emergence of the Vocabulary of First Nations' Self-Government
Contributor(s): Posluns, Michael W. (Author)
ISBN: 0415946530     ISBN-13: 9780415946537
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $152.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: September 2006
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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.

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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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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.