6 Into the Arena: Marshalling the Competing Indian Images in Postwar Canada, 1945–48

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vi
4. Abbreviations viii
5. Introduction 1
6. The Image of the “Indian” in English Canada, 1930–39 16
7. The “Administrative Indian” as Soldier and Conscript, 1939–45 42
8. The “Public Indian” Goes to War, September 1939–December 1941 62
9. Winning the War Only to Lose the Peace? Reconstructing the “Public Indian,” 1943–45 85
10. The “Administrative Indian” at the Threshold of Peace, January-March 1946 108
11. Into the Arena: Marshalling the Competing Indian Images in Postwar Canada, 1945–48 128
12. Whither the “Indian”? The Special Joint Senate and House of Commons Committee to Reconsider the Indian Act, 1946–48 148
13. Conclusion 176
14. Notes 182
15. Bibliography 220
16. Index 229