Seen but not seen : influential Canadians and the First Nations from the 1840s to today

Summary: "Throughout the nineteenth and most of the twentieth century, the majority of Canadians argued that European "civilization" must replace Indigenous culture. The ultimate objective was assimilation into the dominant society. Seen but Not Seen explores the history of Indigenous marginalization and why non-Indigenous Canadians failed to recognize Indigenous societies and cultures as worthy of respect. Approaching the issue biographically, Donald B. Smith presents the commentaries of sixteen influential Canadians - including John A. Macdonald, George Grant, and Emily Carr - who spoke extensively on Indigenous subjects. Supported by documentary records spanning over nearly two centuries, Seen but Not Seen covers fresh ground in the history of settler-Indigenous relations."--

Record details

ISBN: 9781442622111
ISBN: 1442622113
ISBN: 1442622121
ISBN: 9781442622128
Physical Description: 1 online resource
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Publisher: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2021.
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Maps -- Prologue -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Terminology -- 1. John A. Macdonald and the Indians -- 2. John McDougall and the Stoney Nakoda -- 3. George Monro Grant: An English Canadian Public Intellectual and the Indians -- 4. Chancellor John A. Boyd and Fellow Georgian Bay Cottager Kathleen Coburn -- 5. Duncan Campbell Scott: Determined Assimilationist -- 6. Paul A.W. Wallace and The White Roots of Peace -- 7. Quebec Viewpoints: From Lionel Groulx to Jacques Rousseau -- 8. Attitudes on the Pacific Coast: Franz Boas, Emily Carr, and Maisie Hurley -- 9. Alberta Perspectives: Long Lance, John Laurie, Hugh Dempsey, and Harold Cardinal -- Epilogue: The First Nations and Canada's Conscience -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 06, 2021).