Institution
University of Saskatchewan
Department
Indigenous Studies
USask Author
On
Plant, Byron King
I-Portal Content
"A Relationship and Interchange of Experience": H. B. Hawthorn, Indian Affairs, and the 1955 BC Indian Research Project
Alternate Title
The First Hawthorn Report, The Indians of British Columbia: A Survey of Social and Economic Conditions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Byron King Plant
BC Studies, no. 163, Autumn, 2009, pp. 5-31
Description
Discusses the historical development, operation and implications of the project which was a comprehensive survey of Aboriginal life, society and economy.
Secret, Powerful, and the Stuff of Legends: Revisiting Theories of Invented Tradition
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Byron King Plant
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, 2008, pp. 175-194
Description
Reviews theories and the issues/problems associated with their application by historians and anthropologist. Focus is on two main, competing theories: Hobsbawmian and constructivist.