The colonial problem : an indigenous perspective on crime and injustice in Canada

Monchalin, Lisa 1981- (author.).

Summary: In The Colonial Problem, Lisa Monchalin challenges the myth of the "Indian problem" and encourages readers to view the crimes and injustices affecting Indigenous peoples from a more culturally aware position. She analyzes the consequences of assimilation policies, dishonoured treaty agreements, manipulative legislation, and systematic racism, arguing that the overrepresentation of Indigenous peoples in the Canadian criminal justice system is not an Indian problem but a colonial one.

Record details

ISBN: 9781442606623 (paperback)
Physical Description: print
xxxv, 412 pages ; 23 cm
Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Copyright: © 2016

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction to Indigenous peoples in Canada -- Introduction to Indigenous perspectives: ideology and teachings -- Indigenous governance and methods of addressing crime -- Historical and contemporary colonialism -- Canadian legal history: the interpretation of Indigenous treaties and rights -- Indigenous peoples and the state: legal manipulation and Indian legislation -- The impact of assimilation: residential schools and intergenerational trauma -- Crime affecting Indigenous peoples: over-representation, explanations, and risk factors -- Violence affecting Indigenous women: struggle, sexualisation, and subjugation -- The real criminals: governments and their corporate priorities and failed agreements -- Modern agreements and land claims: the government's desire for "economic certainty" -- Euro-Canadian "justice" systems and traditional Indigenous justice -- Moving forward: lighting the eighth fire.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Issued also in electronic format.