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| Title |
'Urban' and 'Aboriginal': An Impossible Contradiction? |
| Year |
1996 |
| Journal Name |
City Lives and City Forms: Critical Research and Canadian Urbanism. |
| Editor |
Jon Caulfield and Linda Peake. |
| Publisher |
University of Toronto Press |
| Publisher URL |
http://www.utpress.utoronto.ca/ |
| Place of Publication |
Toronto. |
| Publication Type |
Journal Article |
| Pages |
47-62. |
| Location |
CRRF+Black Box |
| CRRF Identifier |
AP-Ge-JA-1838 |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Peoples; General; Perceptions of Aboriginal Cultures |
This essay deals with aboriginal culture and its perceived conflict in an urban context. To do this, the author examines four non-fiction books on aboriginal urbanization in Canada by non-Aboriginal authors. Mark Nagler's 'Indians in the City' (set in Toronto), Edgar Dosman's 'Indians: The Urban Dilemma' (set in Saskatoon), Larry Krotz's 'Urban Indians: The Strangers in Canada's Cities' (with material from Winnipeg, Regina, and Edmonton), and Lynda Shorten's 'Without Reserve: Stories from Urban Natives' (set in Edmonton). Two predominant themes that arise are the detrimental effects of urban life on 'authentic' aboriginal culture and of 'authentic' aboriginal culture on cities. The author emphasizes that this essay does not attempt to suggest solutions, but to 'contribute to a basis for constructive change by exploring the implications of the social construction of aboriginal people for ideas about their 'place' in the city' (p.60). Other essays available in this anthology may be found at RA-CR-Ge-BR-1839 and CH-CS-EA-BR-1837.