Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Indigenous Thought in Canada 1
5. Challenging Dominant Discourses
6. First Nations Perspectives and Historical Thinking in Canada 21
7. Being Indigenous in the Academy: Creating Space for Indigenous Scholars 51
8. Oral Histories and Narratives
9. Respecting First Nations Oral Histories: Copyright Complexities and Archiving Aboriginal Stories 77
10. Nápi and the City: Siksikaitsitapi Narratives Revisited 97
11. Cultural Heritage and Representation
12. Colonial Photographs and Postcolonial Relationships: The Kainai-Oxford Photographic Histories Project 123
13. Museums Taken to Task: Representing First Peoples at the McCord Museum of Canadian History 145
14. Aboriginal Thought and Innovation in Subnational Governance
15. The Manitoba Government’s Shift to “Autonomous” First Nations Child Welfare: Empowerment or Privatization? 173
16. Rethinking the Administration of Government: Inuit Representation, Culture, and Language in the Nunavut Public Service 199
17. A Fine Balance? Aboriginal Peoples in the Canadian North and the Dilemma of Development 229
18. Thinking Back, Looking Forward: Political and Constitutional Reconciliation
19. Civilization, Self-Determination, and Reconciliation 251
20. Take 35: Reconciling Constitutional Orders 279
21. Contributors 301
22. Index 304