Citizens Plus: Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian State (Brenda and David McLean Canadian Studies Series)

In __Citizens Plus__, Alan Cairns unravels the historical record to clarify the current impasse in negotiations between Aboriginal peoples and the state. He considers the assimilationist policy assumptions of the imperial era, examines more recent government initiatives, and analyzes the emergence of the nation-to-nation paradigm given massive support by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. __Citizens Plus__ stakes out a middle ground with its support for constitutional and institutional arrangements that will simultaneously recognize Aboriginal difference and reinforce common citizenship. MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict Contents 6 Acknowledgments 8 Introduction 12 1 Empire 23 The Complex Problem of “Voice” 23 History and Humility 25 Empire at Home and Abroad 28 The Cultural Terrain over Which the Battle Is Fought 38 How Did We Get to Where We Are? 49 Conclusion 52 2 Assimilation 56 Basic Assimilation Policy 58 The 1969 White Paper 60 Academic and Political Support 62 Aboriginal Support 67 Paternalism and the Culture of Leadership 70 Significance of the White Paper Defeat 74 Post-White Paper Aboriginal Constitutional Thought: Preliminary Remarks 79 Cross-currents 80 Conclusion 86 3 Choice 89 A Time of Transition 89 The Influence of the Past 95 The Requirements of Good Aboriginal Constitutional Policy 99 Assimilation versus Parallelism: Warring Paradigms 100 How We See Ourselves: The Discourse of Contrast 106 An Alternative Vision: A Modernizing Aboriginality 111 A Basis for Living Apart and Together 115 Self-Government Is Only Half an Answer 119 Conclusion 123 4 The Constitutional Vision of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 125 A Many-Splendoured but Problematic Report 126 The Constitutional Vision of RCAP 131 Relative Neglect of the Urban Dimension 132 Ancestry versus Identity 135 Cultural Survival versus Economic Opportunity 137 The Centrality of Nation 141 The Nation-to-Nation Approach 143 A Third Order of Aboriginal Government 145 Law, Not Politics 151 Representation at the Centre 155 Conclusion 161 5 The Choice Revisited 170 An Early Vision: Citizens Plus 170 Aboriginal Rights and Aboriginal Nations 174 The Opening Up of the Debate 179 Academic Activism and Legal Scholarship 184 Land Claims, Treaty Negotiations, Self-Government, and Citizenship 197 Political Science and “What Will Hold Us Together?” 209 Interdependence and Other Realities 212 An Outward-Looking Aboriginality 214 Empathy and Citizenship 218 Conclusion 219 Notes 223 Bibliography 267 Index 283 A 283 B 284 C 284 D 284 E 285 F 285 G 285 H 285 I 285 J 286 K 286 L 286 M 286 N 287 O 287 P 287 Q 287 R 287 S 288 T 289 U 289 V 289 W 289 Y 289 Z 289 The author reviews the history of Aboriginal relations in Canada to clarify the current impasse in negotiations between Aboriginal peoples and the state. He considers the assimilationist policy assumptions of the imperial era, examines more recent government initiatives, and analyzes the emergence of the nation-to-nation paradigm given massive support by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. The author contends that we are battered by contending visions. On the one hand, there is a revised assimilation policy that finds its support in the Canadian Alliance Party and on the other, the nation-to-nation vision which frames our future as coexisting solitudes. This book argues for the middle ground with its support for constitutional and institutional arrangements which will simultaneously recognize Aboriginal difference and reinforce a solidarity which binds us together in common citizenship "In Citizens Plus, Alan Cairns unravels the historical record to clarify the current impasse in negotiations between Aboriginal peoples and the state. He considers the assimilationist policy assumptions of the imperial era, examines more recent government initiatives, and analyzes the emergence of the nation-to-nation paradigm given massive support by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples."--BOOK JACKET. This book unravels the historical record to clarify the current impasse in negotiations between Aboriginal peoples and the state Alan C. Cairns. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 258-273) And Index.