The story of the Indian peoples' fight for justice through the tunnels and mazes of bureaucracy. An affirmation of the Indian way of life, of the Indian religion, and a demand for acceptance of the Alberta proposal for a new Indian Act. Chapters cover the Indian Act, Indian organization, education, economic development and aboriginal rights.
(from LAC entry)
Contents
A Canadian - what the hell it's all about
Make love not war - the changing role of Indian organizations
Organize or else - it's not enough to find a bad guy
The politics of poverty - how to survive in the democratic system
Economic development I - without all the crap and mythology
Economic development II - some of teh nitty is pretty gritty
Education I - with our heads in the clouds
Education II - always the prime topic
Education III - strangers in the classroom
Education IV - the need for legislation and funding
The Indian Act I - government by a bunch of bureaucrats, or Her Majesty pulled a fast one
The Indian Act II - moose meat beats bologna
The Indian Act III - time to get down to specifics
The Indian Act IV - to serve the people, not the government
The Indian Act V - the only good indian is a sleeping indian
Aboriginal rights - from a philosophical, religious viewpoint
The Treaties - the Queen's forked tongue
The claims - our children won't wait
Indian organization I - they breathe the same air; they drink the same water
Indian organizations II - we forgot to scalp the general
Indian organizations III - the war continues - Chretien rises from the dead
Integration and alienation - education and our childres
Earmarked for Indian education - raindrops kept falling on their heads