The Struggle for Survival : : Indian Cultures & The Protestant Ethic in B.C. / / Forrest LaViolette.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: LaViolette, Forrest,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1961
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (216 p.)

This book studies the cultural adjustment of the coastal Indian of British Columbia to white society and the development of leadership among the Indians in response to the great changes they have experienced as a result of the settlement of Canada. It presents, in fact, an important example of a struggle by a contemporary people whose ancestors were once dispossessed. The author carries his study forward under three main headings which indicate the chief areas of conflict and adjustment between whites and Indians: potlatch law, the land question, and the rise of groups of an economic or 'protestant' nature. The treatment is historical and political adjustments are emphasized. In many ways these themes show a parallel development: legislation enacted without proper consideration for the viewopint of the Indian has brought about resistance on his part and also a questioning among many whites and Indians of the justice of disregarding the rights of the first occupants of the province.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Preface -- Preface to the Second Printing -- Contents -- I. BRITISH COLUMBIA, AN AREA OF NEW SETTLEMENT -- II. NATIVE CONDUCT: "THE THRALDOM OF HEATHENISM AND SIN" -- III. THE POTLATCH LAW: WARDSHIP AND ENFORCEMENT -- IV. THE LAND TITLE QUESTION -- V. THE STRUGGLE FOR IDENTITY: 1946-1951 -- VI. AGAIN THE NORTHWEST COAST -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX