Hidden in plain sight: contributions of Aboriginal peoples to Canadian identity and culture. . [Volume 1]

The history of Aboriginal people in Canada taught in schools and depicted in the media tends to focus on Aboriginal displacement from native lands and the consequent social and cultural disruptions they have endured. Collectively, they are portrayed as passive victims of European colonization and government policy, and, even when well intentioned, these depictions are demeaning and do little to truly represent the role Aboriginal peoples have played in Canadian life. __Hidden in Plain Sight__ adds another dimension to the story, showing the extraordinary contributions Aboriginal peoples have made - and continue to make - to the Canadian experience.From treaties to contemporary arts and literatures, Aboriginal peoples have helped to define Canada and have worked to secure a place of their own making in Canadian culture. For this volume, editors David R. Newhouse, Cora J. Voyageur, and Daniel J.K. Beavon have brought together leading scholars and other impassioned voices, and together, they give full treatment to the Aboriginal contribution to Canada's intellectual, political, economic, social, historic, and cultural landscapes. Included are profiles of several leading figures such as actor Chief Dan George, artist Norval Morrisseau, author Tomson Highway, activist Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, and politician Phil Fontaine, among others. Canada simply would not be what it is today without these contributions. The first of two volumes, __Hidden in Plain Sight__ is key to understanding and appreciating Canadian society and will be essential reading for generations to come. The History Of Aboriginal People In Canada As Taught In Schools And Depicted In The Media Tends To Focus On Aboriginal Displacement From Native Lands And The Social And Cultural Disruption That This Displacement Has Entailed. Native People Are Often Portrayed As Passive Victims Of European Colonization And Government Policy, A Picture That, Even When Well Intentioned, Not Only Is Demeaning But Also Does Little To Truly Represent The Role That Aboriginal Peoples Have Played In Canadian Life. Hidden In Plain Sight Adds Another Dimension To The Sotry, Showinthe Extraordinary Contributions That Aboriginal Peoples Have Made - And Coninue To Make - To The Canadian Experience. Profile Of Chief Dan George / Christine Armstrong -- Treaties And The Evolution Of Canada / Jean-pierre Morin -- Profile Of Harold Cardinal / Catherine Clennet -- Treaties And Aboriginal-government Relations, 1945-2000 / Michael Cassidy -- Profile Of Albert ('billy') Diamond / Alan Cho -- The Art Of Survival / Maria Von Finckenstein -- Profile Of Norval Morrisseau / Amanda Sellar -- Connecting The Artists With The Art / Marybelle Mitchell -- Profile Of Daphne Odjig / Renee Vardy -- Nunavut Territory: Communications And Political Development In The Canadian North / Gail Guthrie Valaskakis -- Profile Of Kenojuak Ashevak / Jennifer Sing -- Natives And Newcomers In The New World: Maritime Furniture And The Interaction Of Cultures / Jane L. Cook -- Profile Of Robert Charles Davidson / Domenyk Leach -- Contributions To Canadian Art By Aboriginal Contemporary Artists / Gerald Mcmaster -- Profile Of Allen Sapp / Laura Nimilowich --^ First Peoples Literature In Canada / Kateri Akiwenzie-damm -- Profile Of Jeannnette C. Armstrong / Angela Shepard -- Aboriginal Literatures: A Distinctive Genre Within Canadian Literature / Jeannette C. Armstrong -- Profile Of Tomson Highway / Nancy Luu -- Aboriginal Voices: Canada's Aboriginal Peoples In Their Own Words / Cheryl Isaacs -- Profile Of Basil H. Johnston / Kimberly Bruce -- Laughing Till Your Face Is Red / Drew Hayden Taylor -- Profile Of Emily Pauline Johnson / Cash Rowe -- Profile Of Anna Mae Pictou Aquash / Natasha Joachim -- Getting Tough On Crime The Aboriginal Way: Alternative Justice Initiatives In Canada / Katherine Beaty Chiste -- Profile Of John Joseph (j.j.) Harper / Janet Trace -- Aboriginal Peoples And The Canadian Criminal Justice System / Caroll Laprairie -- Profile Of Helen Betty Osborne / Stephanie Pyne -- Innuit Names: The People Who Love You / Valerie Alia -- Profile Of John Kim Bell / Nashila Dharshi --^ Aboriginal Peoples And Canada's Conscience / Russel Lawrence Barsh -- Profile Of Freda Ahenakew / Amber Mcginnis -- Hiding In 'plane' View: Aboriginal Identities And A Fur-trrade Company Family Through Seven Generations / David T. Mcnab -- Profile Of Douglas Joseph Henry Cardinal / Mary Cummings -- Aboriginal Peooples And The Canoe / Bruce W. Hodgins And Bryan Poirier -- Profile Of Sharon Anne And Shirley Anne Firth / Roland Simon -- The Qimmiq / Bryan Cummins -- Profile Of Alwyn Morris / Leona Furgason -- 'eminently Canadian': Indigenous Sports And Canadian Identity In Victorian Montreal / Gillian Poulter -- Profile Of Wayne 'gino' Odjick / Amy Deller -- Aboriginal Rodeo Cowboys: The Good Times And The Bad / Morgan Baillargeon -- Profile Of Thomas Charles Longboat / Roland Simon -- Aboriginal Contributions To Canadian Culture And Identity In Wartime: English Canada's Image Of The 'indian' And The Fall Of France, 1940 / R. Scott Sheffield --^ Profile Of Thomas George Prince / Jennifer Aragon -- Multiple Points Of Light: Grounds For Optimism Among First Naitons In Canada / J. Rick Ponting And Cora J. Voyageur -- Profile Of Larry Philip ('phi') Fontaine / Sophie Bonneau. Edited By David R. Newhouse, Cora J. Voyageur, Dan Beavon. Includes Bibliographical References. Preface xi Acknowledgments xv Contributors xvii PART 1: SETTING THE STAGE Introduction 3 Profile of Chief Dan George 14 Christine Armstrong PART 2: TREATIES Treaties and the Evolution of Canada 19 Jean-Pierre Morin Profile of Harold Cardinal 35 Catherine Clennet Treaties and Aboriginal-Government Relations, 1945-2000 38 Michael Cassidy Profile of Albert ('Billy') Diamond 61 Alan Cho PART 3: ARTS AND MEDIA The Art of Survival 67 Maria von Finckenstein Profile of Norval Morrisseau 86 Amanda Sellar Connecting the Artists with the Art 89 Marybelle Mitchell Profile of Daphne Odjig 96 Renee Vardy Nunavut Territory: Communications and Political Development in the Canadian North 99 Gail Guthrie Valaskakis Profile of Kenojuak Ashevak 112 Jennifer Singh Natives and Newcomers in the New World: Maritime Furniture and the Interaction of Cultures 115 Jane l. Cook Profile of Robert Charles Davidson 136 Domenyk Leach Contributions to Canadian Art by Aboriginal Contemporary Artists 140 Gerald McMaster Profile of Allen Sapp 163 Laura Nimilowich PART 4: LITERATURE First Peoples Literature in Canada 169 Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm Profile of Jeannette C. Armstrong 177 Angela Shepard Aboriginal Literatures: A Distinctive Genre within Canadian Literature 180 Jeannette c. Armstrong Profile of Tomson Highway 187 Nancy Luu Aboriginal Voices: Canada's Aboriginal Peoples in Their Own Words 191 Cheryl Isaacs Profile of Basil H. Johnston 200 Kimberly Bruce Laughing Till Your Face Is Red 203 Drew Hayden Taylor Profile of Emily Pauline Johnson 210 Cash Rowe PART 5: JUSTICE Profile of Anna Mae Pictou Aquash 215 Natasha Joachim Getting Tough on Crime the Aboriginal Way: Alternative Justice Initiatives in Canada 218 Katherine Beaty Chiste Profile of John Joseph ('J.J.') Harper 233 Janet Trace Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian Criminal Justice System 236 Carol Laprairie Profile of Helen Betty Osborne 246 Stephanie Pyne PART 6: CULTURE AND IDENTITY Inuit Names: The People Who Love You 251 Valerie Alia Profile of John Kim Bell 267 Nashila Dharshi Aboriginal Peoples and Canada's Conscience 270 Russel Lawrence Barsh Profile of Freda Ahenakew 292 Amber McGinnis Hiding in 'Plane' View: Aboriginal Identities and a Fur-Trade Company Family through Seven Generations 295 David T. McNab Profile of Douglas Joseph Henry Cardinal 309 Mary Cummings Aboriginal Peoples and the Canoe 312 Bruce W. Hodgins and Bryan Poirier PART 7: SPORTS Profile of Sharon Anne and Shirley Anne Firth 331 Roland Simon The Qimmiq 334 Bryan Cummins Profile of Alwyn Morris 349 Leona Furgason 'Eminently Canadian': Indigenous Sports and Canadian Identity in Victorian Montreal 352 Gillian Poulter Profile of Wayne 'Gino' Odjick 376 Amy Deller Aboriginal Rodeo Cowboys: The Good Times and the Bad 379 Morgan Baillargeon Profile of Thomas Charles Longboat 400 Roland Simon PART 8: MILITARY Aboriginal Contributions to Canadian Culture and Identity in Wartime: English Canada's Image of the 'Indian' and the Fall of France, 1940 405 R. Scott Sheffield Profile of Thomas George Prince 419 Jennifer Aragon PART 9: OVERVIEW Multiple Points of Light: Grounds for Optimism among First Nations in Canada 425 J. Rick Ponting and Cora J. Voyageur Profile of Larry Philip ('Phil') Fontaine 455 Sophie Bonneau The history of Aboriginal people in Canada taught in schools and depicted in the media tends to focus on Aboriginal displacement from native lands and the consequent social and cultural disruptions they have endured. Collectively, they are portrayed as passive victims of European colonization and government policy, and, even when well intentioned, these depictions are demeaning and do little to truly represent the role Aboriginal peoples have played in Canadian life. Hidden in Plain Sight adds another dimension to the story, showing the extraordinary contributions Aboriginal peoples have made - and continue to make - to the Canadian experience. From treaties to contemporary arts and literatures, Aboriginal peoples have helped to define Canada and have worked to secure a place of their own making in Canadian culture. For this volume, editors David R. Newhouse, Cora J. Voyageur, and Daniel J.K. Beavon have brought together leading scholars and other impassioned voices, and together, they give full treatment to the Aboriginal contribution to Canada's intellectual, political, economic, social, historic, and cultural landscapes. Included are profiles of several leading figures such as actor Chief Dan George, artist Norval Morrisseau, author Tomson Highway, activist Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, and politician Phil Fontaine, among others. Canada simply would not be what it is today without these contributions. The first of two volumes, Hidden in Plain Sight is key to understanding and appreciating Canadian society and will be essential reading for generations to come. John Ralston Saul, writing in Reflections of a Siamese Twin Canada at the end of the Twentieth Century, argues that Canada is founded upon three pillars: English, French, and Aboriginal.