Applied anthropology in Canada : understanding Aboriginal issues /

"In this second edition of a classic in the field, Edward Hedican takes stock of anthropology's research on current indigenous affairs and offers an up-to-date assessment of Aboriginal issues in Canada from the perspective of applied anthropology. In this central thesis Hedican underlines...

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Main Author: Hedican, Edward J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2008.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Anthropology and Aboriginal studies
  • Research strategies: advocacy in anthropology
  • The controversial side of applied anthropology: notes from Northern Ontario
  • Aboriginal policy issues: anthropological perspectives
  • Development in aboriginal communities: economic strategies and policies
  • The political context of aboriginal issues: the self-government and institutional structures
  • The ethnopolitics of Aboriginal status and identity
  • Applied anthropology: challenges for today and tomorrow.