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Conversations with a dead man : the legacy of Duncan Campbell Scott
Título:
Conversations with a dead man : the legacy of Duncan Campbell Scott
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Resumen:
"As a poet and citizen deeply concerned by the Oka Crisis, the Idle No More protests and Canada's ongoing failure to resolve First Nations issues, Montreal author Mark Abley has long been haunted by the figure of Duncan Campbell Scott, known both as the architect of Canada's most destructive Aboriginal policies and as one of the nation's major poets. Who was this enigmatic figure who could compose a sonnet to a "Onondaga Madonna" one moment and promote a "final solution" to the "Indian problem" the next? In this passionate, intelligent and highly readable enquiry into the state of Canada's troubled Aboriginal relations, Abley alternates between analysis of current events and an imagined debate with the spirit of Duncan Campbell Scott, whose defense of the Indian residential schools and belief in assimilation illuminate the historical roots underlying today's First Nations' struggles." -- Book jacket.
Fecha de publicación como intervalo:
2013
Descripción física:
251 pages, viii pages of plates,: illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Contenido:
Even beyond the end -- Heart's blood on the feathers -- Treatment that might be considered pitiless -- Obsolete as the buffalo and the tomahawk -- The crushed esssence -- The sacredness of treaty promises -- A glimpse of real savages -- I have done so little -- The sin of blindness.
ISBN:
9781553656098
Información de publicación:
Madeira Park, BC : Douglas & McIntyre, [2013]

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