Chartrand, Paul. "Terms of Division": Problems of 'Outside Naming' for Aboriginal People in Canada
Document Type: Journal Articles (2)
Date of Document(s): 1991
Indexing Progress: Relationship Indexed
Indexing Progress: Relationship Indexed
Primary or Secondary Source: Secondary Source
Author: Chartrand, Paul
Title: "Terms of Division": Problems of 'Outside Naming' for Aboriginal People in Canada
Journal Title: From Journal of Indigenous Studies
Date of Publication: 1991
Date of Copyright: c1991
Volume ID: 2
Issue ID: 2
Location in Work: 1-22
Notes: paper and electronic copy / Journal Article
Abstract: The author attempts to promote the objects of 'Native Studies' in an examination and commentary which draws upon the resources of law and the social sciences. The focus is upon two factors that characterize the status of Aboriginal peoples in Canada, and both derive from the historical differential categorization of Aboriginal peoples in Canadian law and policy. First, the difficulties surrounding the labelling derived from the categorization and "outside-naming" are examined. Second, typical problems associated with the uncertainties in the law as it relates to status and identity are considered. Both issues are dealt with in an examination of the terms used to describe Aboriginal peoples. The wide-ranging discussion attempts to describe and illustrate problems which appear to stand in the way of the making of rational Aboriginal policy in Canada.
Title: "Terms of Division": Problems of 'Outside Naming' for Aboriginal People in Canada
Journal Title: From Journal of Indigenous Studies
Date of Publication: 1991
Date of Copyright: c1991
Volume ID: 2
Issue ID: 2
Location in Work: 1-22
Notes: paper and electronic copy / Journal Article
Abstract: The author attempts to promote the objects of 'Native Studies' in an examination and commentary which draws upon the resources of law and the social sciences. The focus is upon two factors that characterize the status of Aboriginal peoples in Canada, and both derive from the historical differential categorization of Aboriginal peoples in Canadian law and policy. First, the difficulties surrounding the labelling derived from the categorization and "outside-naming" are examined. Second, typical problems associated with the uncertainties in the law as it relates to status and identity are considered. Both issues are dealt with in an examination of the terms used to describe Aboriginal peoples. The wide-ranging discussion attempts to describe and illustrate problems which appear to stand in the way of the making of rational Aboriginal policy in Canada.