The Indian Association of Alberta : a history of political action /
Laurie Meijer Drees.
- xxiii, 246 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A General Setting -- The Origins of the Indian Association of Alberta -- The Structure and Expansion of the Early Indian Association of Alberta -- "Outside Help": John Laurie and Non-Indian Supporters of the Indian Association of Alberta -- The Indian Association of Alberta and Its Relations with the Indian Affairs Branch, 1939-46 -- Reconciling Citizenship and Treaty Rights: The IAA and the Special Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Commons, 1946-48 -- Political Pragmatics: Amending the Indian Act, 1948-58 -- Political Visions: Diefenbaker to Trudeau -- "Nikanastewimakewin": Comparing the Political Thought of John Callihoo and John Tootoosis -- Final Thoughts -- Indian Association of Alberta Executive Members, 1939-71 -- Supervisors of Local Department of Indian Affairs, Alberta, 1939-69 -- Indian Affairs Administration, 1939-68 -- Alberta Reserve Land Surrenders. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. App. A. App. B. App. C. App. D.
"The history of indigenous political action in Canada is long, hard-fought, and little told. By the mid-1900s, Native peoples across western Canada were actively involved in their own political unions in a drive to be heard outside their own, often isolated, reserve communities. In Alberta, Johnny Callihoo and Metis leader Malcolm Norris founded the Indian Association of Alberta (IAA), which came to represent a large body of treaty Indian peoples across the province."--BOOK JACKET.
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Indian Association of Alberta
Indians of North America--Politics and government--Alberta