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Not strangers in these parts urban aboriginal peoples
- Author / Creator
Details
- Creator
- edited by David Newhouse & Evelyn Peters
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Ottawa, Ont. : Policy Research Initiative, 2003 (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2011)
- Physical Details
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- 1 texte électronique (318 p.) : ill., numérique, fichier PDF
- ISBNs
- 9780662348672, 0662348672, 0662676041
- OCLC
- ocn758080036, ocn758080091
- Issued as part of the Canadian Electronic Library, Documents collection, and Canadian public policy collection.
- Includes bibliographic references.
- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Urban Aboriginal populations: an update using 2001 Census results -- Definitions of Aboriginal peoples -- The presence of Aboriginal peoples in Quebec's cities: multiple movements, diverse issues -- Fuzzy definitions and population explosion: changing identities of Aboriginal groups in Canada -- Aboriginal mobility and migration within urban Canada: outcomes, factors and implications -- Urban residential patterns of Aboriginal people in Canada -- Aboriginal languages in Canada's urban areas: characteristics, considerations and implications -- The challenge of measuring the demographic and socio-economic conditions of the urban Aboriginal population -- The marginalization of Aboriginal women in Montréal -- Prospects for a new middle class among urban Aboriginal people -- Ensuring the urban dream: shared responsibility and effective urban Aboriginal voices -- Exile on Main Street: some thoughts on Aboriginal over-representation in the criminal justice system -- Is there a need for Aboriginal-specific programming for Aboriginal Offenders? -- Educational outcomes of Aboriginal students in British Columbia: the impact of “good schools” on test scores -- Urban Aboriginal economic development -- The invisible infrastructure: urban Aboriginal institutions and organizations -- Urban Aboriginal governance: developments and issues -- Urban American Indian identity in a US city: The case of Chicago from the 1950s through the 1970s -- Conclusion: the way forward -- About the authors
Subjects
- Indigenous peoples -- Urban residence -- Canada.
- Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Government relations.
- Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Social conditions.
- Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Economic conditions.
- Indians of North America -- Urban residence -- Canada.
- Indians of North America -- Canada -- Government relations.
- Indians of North America -- Canada -- Social conditions.
- Indians of North America -- Canada -- Economic conditions.