Anthropology in the Service of the State: Diamond Jenness and Canadian Indian Policy
Diamond Jenness, one of the pre-eminent ethnologists of Canadian aboriginal people, was a vocal critic of Canadian Indian policy. This critical appraisal of Jenness’s life work argues that there was a structural complicity between Jenness and the State. Jenness’s testimony in 1947 before the Special...
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crunivtoronpr:10.3138/jcs.28.2.21 2024-02-11T10:01:08+01:00 Anthropology in the Service of the State: Diamond Jenness and Canadian Indian Policy Kulchyski, Peter 1993 http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jcs.28.2.21 https://utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/jcs.28.2.21 en eng University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) Journal of Canadian Studies volume 28, issue 2, page 21-50 ISSN 0021-9495 1911-0251 History Cultural Studies journal-article 1993 crunivtoronpr https://doi.org/10.3138/jcs.28.2.21 2024-01-16T19:19:17Z Diamond Jenness, one of the pre-eminent ethnologists of Canadian aboriginal people, was a vocal critic of Canadian Indian policy. This critical appraisal of Jenness’s life work argues that there was a structural complicity between Jenness and the State. Jenness’s testimony in 1947 before the Special Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Commons, set up to review Indian administration and policy, as well as Jenness’s explicit policy writings, are examined to illustrate this complicity. As well, a critique of Jenness’s writings, particularly The Indians of Canada and the newly published Arctic Odyssey: The Diary of Diamond Jenness, is developed to illustrate how Jenness provided ideological support for and justification of state policy towards aboriginal Canadians. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic University of Toronto Press (U Toronto Press) Arctic Canada Indian Journal of Canadian Studies 28 2 21 50 |
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Diamond Jenness, one of the pre-eminent ethnologists of Canadian aboriginal people, was a vocal critic of Canadian Indian policy. This critical appraisal of Jenness’s life work argues that there was a structural complicity between Jenness and the State. Jenness’s testimony in 1947 before the Special Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Commons, set up to review Indian administration and policy, as well as Jenness’s explicit policy writings, are examined to illustrate this complicity. As well, a critique of Jenness’s writings, particularly The Indians of Canada and the newly published Arctic Odyssey: The Diary of Diamond Jenness, is developed to illustrate how Jenness provided ideological support for and justification of state policy towards aboriginal Canadians. |
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