Author

Publication

2014-03-25 - Douglas & McIntyre

Word Count

64,000 words, Guess

Page Count

256 pages

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Classifications

  • LCCPR9199.3.S33 Z85 2013

Description

"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 a "Onondaga Madonna" one moment and promote a "final solution" to the "Indian problem" the next? In this passionate, intelligent and highly readable enquiry 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 schools and belief in assimilation illuminate the historical roots underlying today's First Nations' struggles." -- Book jacket.

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