Fanning the Flames: Racism in Government Recommendations for the Prevention of Deaths by Fire on First Nations Reserves
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lori Chambers
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 38, no. 2, 2018, pp. 25-42
Description
Author argues that the federal government of Canada perpetuates systemic racism through official publications responding to fire deaths on reserve; accuses the government of playing a “blame game” to detract from the reality that a lack of funding is primarily responsible for the fire deaths.