International Journal of Canadian Studies , no. 12, Aboriginal Peoples and Canada, Fall, 1995, pp. [69]-84
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Discusses strategies of reducing social alienation by increasing legal alienation rights to land through land claims.
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Judge ruled that the Crown could not sue on behalf of victims, which undermined the position that Aboriginals were wards of the state. Article uses new archival documents to document litigation and show the ideological dilemmas faced by the welfare administration.