Ipperwash
The Tragic Failure of Canada’s Aboriginal Policy
by Edward J. Hedican
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Pub Date May 28 2013 | Archive Date Apr 10 2013
Description
On September 6, 1995, Dudley George was shot by Ontario Provincial Police officer Kenneth Deane. He died shortly after midnight the next day. George had been participating in a protest over land claims in Ipperwash Provincial Park, which had been expropriated from the native Ojibwe after the Second World War. A confrontation erupted between members of the Stoney Point and Kettle Point Bands and officers of the OPP’s Emergency Response Team, which had been instructed to use necessary force to disband the protest by Premier Mike Harris’s government. George’s death and the grievous mishandling of the protest led to the 2007 Ipperwash Inquiry.
Edward J. Hedican’s Ipperwash provides an incisive examination of protest and dissent within the context of land claims disputes and Aboriginal rights. Hedican investigates how racism and government practices have affected Aboriginal resistance to policies, especially those that have resulted in the loss of Aboriginal lands and led to persistent socio-economic problems in Native communities. He offers a number of specific solutions and policy recommendations on how Aboriginal protests can be resolved using mediation and dispute management – instead of the coercive force used in Ipperwash Park that ultimately gave this tragic story such infamy.
Edward J. Hedican is a professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Guelph. He is also the author of Applied Anthropology in Canada: Understanding Aboriginal Issues.
Advance Praise
‘The events that led up to the death of Dudley George and the history of the Ipperwash inquiry are stories that must be told and taught. In this important contribution to the study of Indigenous policy in Canada, Edward J. Hedican provides a significant and accurate critique of a particularly tragic case, situating it within a broader historical framework not available in such an accessible manner elsewhere in the literature. Ipperwash will succeed in drawing attention to the systemic change required to improve conditions and quality of life in Aboriginal communities.’
L. Jane McMillan, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples and Sustainable Communities, and Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, St Francis Xavier University
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781442610132 |
| PRICE | CA$32.95 (CAD) |
