| Autor: |
Taylor-Neu, Robyn, Friedel, Tracy, Taylor, Alison, Kemble, Tibetha |
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Aboriginal Policy Studies; 2018, Vol. 7 Issue 2, p65-87, 23p |
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Since their inception in the mid-1800s, Indigenous-oriented welfare policies in Canada have presupposed and entailed a racialized subject: the "lazy Indian." This paper highlights continuities in how Indigenous peoples have been constructed in Canadian welfare policy discourse from 1867 to the present. Through this historical overview, we trace the emergence and recurrence of ethical tropes of "productive" and "unproductive" citizens, which effectively cast Indigenous peoples as non-workers and therefore undeserving of welfare relief. Our analysis indicates that further reform of welfare policies for Canada's First Nations must first puncture the persistent myth of the "lazy Indian" in order to attend to the lasting legacy of colonial dispossession and governance, contemporary barriers to self-sufficiency, and ongoing struggles for politico-economic sovereignty. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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