As a poet and citizen deeply concerned by the Oka Crisis, the Idle No More protests, and Canada's ongoing failure to resolve First Nations issues, Montreal author Mark Abley has long been haunted by the figure of Duncan Campbell Scott, known both as the architect of Canada's most destructive Aboriginal policies and as one of the nation's major poets. Who was this enigmatic figure who could compose a sonnet to an ?Onondaga Madonna" one moment and promote a ?final solution" to the ?Indian problem" the next?
In this passionate, intelligent and highly readable inquiry into the state of Canada's troubled Aboriginal relations, Abley alternates between analysis of current events and an imagined debate with the spirit of Duncan Campbell Scott, whose defense of the Indian Residential School and belief in assimilation illuminate the historical roots underlying today's First Nations' struggles.
| ISBN: | 9781553656098 |
| Publication date: | 8th May 2014 |
| Author: | Mark Abley |
| Publisher: | Douglas & McIntyre an imprint of Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd. |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Genres: |
Autobiography: historical, political and military |
As a poet and citizen deeply concerned by the Oka Crisis, the Idle No More protests, and Canada's ongoing failure to resolve First Nations issues, Montreal author Mark Abley has long been haunted by the figure of Duncan Campbell Scott, known both as the architect of Canada's most destructive Aboriginal policies and as one of the nation's major poets. In this passionate, intelligent and highly readable inquiry into the state of Canada's troubled Aboriginal relations, Abley alternates between analysis of current events and an imagined debate with the spirit of Duncan Campbell Scott, whose defense of the Indian Residential School and belief in assimilation illuminate the historical roots underlying today's First Nations' struggles.
Conversations With a Dead Man features in the following genres: Autobiography: historical, political and military
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Conversations With a Dead Man was written by Mark Abley and published by Douglas & McIntyre an imprint of Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd.
Conversations With a Dead Man has 256 pages