Social Science Native American Studies
Reservations Are for Indians
- Publisher
- James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1991
- Category
- Native American Studies, General
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781550283679
- Publish Date
- Jan 1991
- List Price
- $45
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780888620064
- Publish Date
- Jan 1970
- List Price
- $12.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780888620057
- Publish Date
- Jan 1970
- List Price
- $45
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550283655
- Publish Date
- Jan 1991
- List Price
- $16.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781552774397
- Publish Date
- Feb 2008
- List Price
- $45.00
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Description
Offering a sympathetic but detached portrait of Canada's native people, Reservations are for Indians has become a classic.
Combining the skills of a novelist with those of an accomplished journalist, Heather Robertson captures the vicious circle of dependence created by government policies which ensnares aboriginal Canadians. Her account combines a description of life in four reserve communities with a history of government policies and programmes, describing the circumstances which yielded a generation of native leaders who demand a new place in Canada's political and constitutional structure.
For this edition, Heather Robertson has written a preface describing how she came to write the book, the response to it when it was first published, and how she sees it in the context of the issues regarding aboriginal rights facing Canadians today.
About the author
HEATHER ROBERTSON is one of Canada's most accomplished and acclaimed authors. Her many books include Reservations are for Indians, Grass Roots, A Terrible Beauty and Willie: A Romance. Born in Winnipeg, she has long lived in Toronto.
Editorial Reviews
"A remarkable and depressing documentation."
Time Magazine
"A triumph of the reporter's art: a factual, revealing and profoundly infuriating account of life as most native peoples of Canada are forced to live it."
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