I have found some online excerpts of what looks to be a great book – Walking A Tightrope: Aboriginal People And Their Representations (Eds.) David McNab, Ute Lischke. (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2005) (Links for online excerpts here).
I found Chapter 5 particularly relevant to the current module of the course (Module 3: Decolonization and Indigenous Intellectual Property Rights) . Chapter 5 (Chapter 5 excerpts here) is a paper by Mark Dockstator – “Aboriginal Representations of History and the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples” (RCAP) . Dockstator’s doctoral thesis provided the model for the historical foundation for the RCAP report. His model is based on traditional Aboriginal teachings. Dockstator’s paper discusses the societal interactions between Western society and Aboriginal society from different perspectives, and through stages ranging from pre-contact, contact, treaty, and contemporary relationships. Reading through Dockstator’s presentation and seeing the contrast (diagrams here) between Western and Aboriginal views with respect to these relationships is quite a revelation. Dockstator’s model contributes to a better understanding of Aboriginal/Western relationships and provides useful background for our ETEC 521 analytic papers.
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