Speaking with Authority: The Emergence of the Vocabulary of First Nations' Self-Government [Paperback]

This work explores the emergence of the vocabulary of First Nations' self-government into the realm of public and parliamentary discourse in Canada during the decade of the 1970s. The emergence of the vocabulary is chronicled through a study of the testimony of First Nations and aboriginal witnesses before a series of Joint Committees on the Constitutions and the Commons Committee on Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

Introduction: Gaining a Purchase: An Introduction to the Public Emergence of the Vocabulary of First Nations Self-Government  1. The Interplay of Language, Policy & Ethics in the Discourse of First Nations Relations  2. Assimilation, Enfranchisement and the White Paper: An Overview of First Nations Relations Before 1970  3. Public Conversations on First Nations Self-Government  4. The Middle Period: A Minority Parliament and a First Patriation Bill  5. Notions of Sovereignty: Self-Help, Self-Confidence, And Individual And Collective Self-Fulfillment

This work explores the emergence of the vocabulary of First Nations' self-government into the realm of public and parliamentary discourse in Canada during the 1970s.US? 2007 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2007.