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Unfinished Dreams: Community Healing and the Reality of Aboriginal Self-government Paperback - 1998
by Wayne Warry
Anthropologist Wayne Warry argues that self-government can be realized only when individuals are secure in their cultural identity and can contribute to the transformation of their communities. Warry's notion of community healing involves efforts to rebuild the human foundations for self-governing Aboriginal societies. He uses case studies to illustrate the processes that are essential to self-government.
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- Title Unfinished Dreams: Community Healing and the Reality of Aboriginal Self-government
- Author Wayne Warry
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Toronto Press, Toronto
- Date 1998
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Maps
- ISBN 9780802079176 / 0802079172
- Weight 1.06 lbs (0.48 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6.06 x 0.98 in (22.86 x 15.39 x 2.49 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: Native American
- Library of Congress subjects Indians of North America - Canada - Social, Indians of North America - Canada -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98211626
- Dewey Decimal Code 323.119
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" Most writing on Aboriginal self-determination focuses on the constitutional or structural aspects of self-government or related philosophical issues. In this book, Wayne Warry argues that self-government can be realized only when individuals are secure in their cultural identity and can contribute to the transformation of their communities. Warry draws on his research among Anishnawbe communities, as well as on the reports and recommendations of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Case studies are used to illustrate the processes of community development and cultural revitalization that are essential precursors to self-government. Warry's notion of 'community healing' involves efforts to rebuild the human foundations for self-governing Aboriginal societies. The book analyses key areas such as health care and the judicial and political systems where Aboriginal peoples are engaged in practical, everyday struggles to improve their communities. Central to these Aboriginal approaches to change is…
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