Ipperwash : : The Tragic Failure of Canada's Aboriginal Policy / / Edward J. Hedican.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Hedican, Edward J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)

On September 6, 1995, Dudley George was shot by Ontario Provincial Police officer Kenneth Deane. He died shortly after midnight the next day. George had been participating in a protest over land claims in Ipperwash Provincial Park, which had been expropriated from the native Ojibwe after the Second World War. A confrontation erupted between members of the Stoney Point and Kettle Point Bands and officers of the OPP's Emergency Response Team, which had been instructed to use necessary force to disband the protest by Premier Mike Harris's government. George's death and the grievous mishandling of the protest led to the 2007 Ipperwash Inquiry.Edward J. Hedican's Ipperwash provides an incisive examination of protest and dissent within the context of land claims disputes and Aboriginal rights. Hedican investigates how racism and government practices have affected Aboriginal resistance to policies, especially those that have resulted in the loss of Aboriginal lands and led to persistent socio-economic problems in Native communities. He offers a number of specific solutions and policy recommendations on how Aboriginal protests can be resolved using mediation and dispute management - instead of the coercive force used in Ipperwash Park that ultimately gave this tragic story such infamy.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter One. Introduction -- Chapter Two. Aboriginal Policy in Canada -- Chapter Three. The Nature of Aboriginal Rights -- Chapter Four. The Politics of Resistance and Confrontation -- Chapter Five. The Ipperwash Confrontation -- Chapter Six. Ipperwash Inquiry Recommendations -- Chapter Seven. Ipperwash as Racial Oppression -- Chapter Eight. Institutional Racism in Canada -- Appendix: Socio-economic Conditions of the Canadian Aboriginal Population -- Notes -- References -- Index