Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/hYiB6T When Freedom is Lost By: Paul Driben Publisher: University of Toronto Press Print ISBN: 9780802065261, 0802065260 eText ISBN: 9781442683327, 1442683325 Edition: 1st Copyright year: 1983 Format: PDF Available from $ 20.95 USD SKU 9781442683327 The devastating impact of the policies and programs of the federal government on the Indian people of Canada is illustrated forcefully in this important and revealing study of the Fort Hope Band. Over a period of seven years, the authors looked at the communities of Webequie, Summer Beaver, Lansdowne House, and Fort Hope in the far reaches of Northwestern Ontario seeking answers to such questions as: How do a people become wards of the state? How does a government work against its stated objectives? How do ghettos appear in the middle of a pristine wilderness? They found that, starting in the early '60s, as government involvement in band life increased, dependency on the government also increased - to the point where today government programs provide 90 percent of the band members' income. Now dependent on programs with can be curtailed at the governments' will, the band is in an extremely vulnerable position. The authors suggest that this is also true of other bands across the country and offer suggestions for constructive change.
