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A Victorian Missionary and Canadian Indian Policy
Cultural Synthesis vs Cultural Replacement
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David Nock
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English
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2006
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Canada's Indian policy has, since the 1830s, consisted mainly of attempts at cultural replacement. Although rarely practised, cultural synthesis of native and western cultures has been advocated as an important alternative especially in the last ten years. This book is a study of E.F. Wilson (1844–1915), a Canadian missionary of British background, who experienced, promoted, and advocated both approaches to native policy during his lifetime. On the one hand, he practised cultural replacement at the Shingwauk and Wawanosh Schools which he founded at Sault Ste. Marie; on the other hand, he advocated programs of cultural synthesis and political autonomy which were a distinct departure from the paternalist notions of the 1880s and 1890s. His support of such ideas was fostered by the influence of leading anthropologists such as Horatio Hale but also by his own extensive travel and observation of Indians, particularly the Cherokee Indians of Oklahoma.
This book describes the efforts of a nineteenth-century Canadian missionary who entertained radical notions of Indian self-government and cultural synthesis, as well as more conventional ideas of native assimilation and cultural replacement.
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Contributor: David Nock
David Nock is a Professor of Sociology at Lakehead University.
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Front Matter
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Contents
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Preface
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Introduction
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E.F. Wilson's Early Life
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Wilson, Venn and the Church Missionary Society: A Policy of Cultural Synthesis
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Wilson and Native Education: A Program of Cultural Replacement
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Influences on Wilson's Thought: Horatio Hale and the Cherokee Nation
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Wilson and the Fair Play Papers: Cultural Synthesis and Political Autonomy
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Conclusion: The Fate of Cultural Synthesis and Cultural Replacement
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Appendix A
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Appendix B
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Selected Bibliography
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Index
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