The Indian Association of Alberta: A History of Political Action

by Laurie Meijer Drees

The history of indigenous political action in Canada is long, hard-fought, and under-told. By the mid-1900s, Native peoples across western Canada were actively involved in their own political unions in a drive to be heard outside their own, often isolated, reserve communities. In Alberta, the Indian Association of Alberta (IAA) represented the interests of Alberta's reserve communities. Perhaps best known for its role in spearheading the protest against...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774808772
• ISBN13: 9780774808774
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 272 Pages