(De)Constructing The “Lazy Indian”: An Historical Analysis of Welfare Reform in Canada
Since their official inception in the mid 1800s, Indigenous-aimed welfare policies in Canada have presupposed and entailed a racialized subject: the “lazy Indian.” This paper highlights continuities in how Indigenous subjects have been constructed in welfare policy discourse from 1867 to the present...
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ftmemorialuniv:oai:research.library.mun.ca:14080 2023-10-01T03:55:59+02:00 (De)Constructing The “Lazy Indian”: An Historical Analysis of Welfare Reform in Canada Taylor-Neu, Robyn Friedel, Tracy Taylor, Alison Kemble, Tibetha 2019-01-31 application/pdf https://research.library.mun.ca/14080/ https://research.library.mun.ca/14080/1/29340-Article%20Text-77682-1-10-20190130.pdf https://doi.org/10.5663/aps.v7i2.29340 en eng University of Alberta https://research.library.mun.ca/14080/1/29340-Article%20Text-77682-1-10-20190130.pdf Taylor-Neu, Robyn <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Taylor-Neu=3ARobyn=3A=3A.html> and Friedel, Tracy <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Friedel=3ATracy=3A=3A.html> and Taylor, Alison <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Taylor=3AAlison=3A=3A.html> and Kemble, Tibetha <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Kemble=3ATibetha=3A=3A.html> (2019) (De)Constructing The “Lazy Indian”: An Historical Analysis of Welfare Reform in Canada. Aboriginal Policy Studies, 7 (2). ISSN 1923-3299 cc_by_nc Article PeerReviewed 2019 ftmemorialuniv https://doi.org/10.5663/aps.v7i2.29340 2023-09-03T06:49:35Z Since their official inception in the mid 1800s, Indigenous-aimed welfare policies in Canada have presupposed and entailed a racialized subject: the “lazy Indian.” This paper highlights continuities in how Indigenous subjects have been constructed in welfare policy discourse from 1867 to the present. Building from this historical overview, we analyze how today’s neoliberally inflected federal welfare regime at once recodes and reinscribes preexisting ethical narratives of “productive” and “unproductive” citizens, effectively casting Indigenous peoples as non-workers and thus “undeserving” of welfare relief. As our analysis indicates, 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 governance, contemporary barriers to self-sufficiency, and ongoing struggles for politico-economic sovereignty. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Memorial University of Newfoundland: Research Repository Canada Indian aboriginal policy studies 7 2 |
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Since their official inception in the mid 1800s, Indigenous-aimed welfare policies in Canada have presupposed and entailed a racialized subject: the “lazy Indian.” This paper highlights continuities in how Indigenous subjects have been constructed in welfare policy discourse from 1867 to the present. Building from this historical overview, we analyze how today’s neoliberally inflected federal welfare regime at once recodes and reinscribes preexisting ethical narratives of “productive” and “unproductive” citizens, effectively casting Indigenous peoples as non-workers and thus “undeserving” of welfare relief. As our analysis indicates, 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 governance, contemporary barriers to self-sufficiency, and ongoing struggles for politico-economic sovereignty. |
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(De)Constructing The “Lazy Indian”: An Historical Analysis of Welfare Reform in Canada |
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https://research.library.mun.ca/14080/1/29340-Article%20Text-77682-1-10-20190130.pdf Taylor-Neu, Robyn <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Taylor-Neu=3ARobyn=3A=3A.html> and Friedel, Tracy <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Friedel=3ATracy=3A=3A.html> and Taylor, Alison <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Taylor=3AAlison=3A=3A.html> and Kemble, Tibetha <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Kemble=3ATibetha=3A=3A.html> (2019) (De)Constructing The “Lazy Indian”: An Historical Analysis of Welfare Reform in Canada. Aboriginal Policy Studies, 7 (2). ISSN 1923-3299 |
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