(De)Constructing The “Lazy Indian”: An Historical Analysis of Welfare Reform in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robyn Taylor-Neu
Tracy Friedel
Alison Taylor
Tibetha Kemble
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, January 31, 2019, pp. 65-87
Description
Authors highlight ongoing narratives in how Indigenous peoples have been portrayed in Canadian welfare policy discourse from 1867 to the present; discusses the ethical implications of representing Indigenous peoples as “non-productive” and therefor undeserving. Recommends a reformation of policy that is conscious of historic and contemporary colonial dispossession and disenfranchisement.