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by Frances Widdowson (Author), Albert Howard (Author)
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"Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry does an excellent job of pointing out logical inconsistencies in the Aboriginal political movement - a matter of great practical as well as academic importance." Tom Flanagan, author of First Nations? Second Thoughts "Insightful, carefully argued and meticulously documented." John Richards, Simon Fraser University


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Despite the billions of dollars devoted to aboriginal causes, Native people in Canada continue to suffer all the symptoms of a marginalized existence - high rates of substance abuse, violence, poverty. "Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry" argues that the policies proposed to address these problems - land claims and self government - are in fact contributing to their entrenchment. By examining the root causes of aboriginal problems, Frances Widdowson and Albert Howard expose the industry that has grown up around land claim settlements, showing that aboriginal policy development over the past thirty years has been manipulated by non-aboriginal lawyers and consultants.They analyse all the major aboriginal policies, examine issues that have received little critical attention - child care, health care, education, traditional knowledge - and propose the comprehensive government provision of health, education, and housing rather than deficient delivery through Native self-government. "Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry" presents a convincing argument that the 'Aboriginal Industry' has failed to address the fundamental economic and cultural basis of native problems, leading instead to policies that offer a financial benefit to the leadership while entrenching the misery of most aboriginal people.

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23 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sad but all too true, Feb 14 2009
By Prairie Pal (Winnipeg, Canada) - See all my reviews
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It is not surprising that this book has engendered such polarized reviews. Those who dismiss the authors, however, have probably never seen the roots causes of aboriginal cultural dysfunction as up-close as Widdowson and Howard. Before calling these earnest left-wingers "racists" or "colonialists", critics should spend time working with natives to see first-hand how these communities have been betrayed by their leaders and bureaucrats. The continuing shipwreck of the aboriginal rights industry could be solved by paying attention to this book which I recommend to all Canadians who are baffled as to why the billions spent on the problem have been wasted.
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8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry, Mar 30 2009
This is an excellent analysis of what is wrong with Indian policy and why after decades of throwing away billions of dollars to try and improve the lamentable state of our native peoples, there are still horrendous social and economic problems among them. The book is well written and the arguments convincing. The only question is: Are the policy makers listening and do they have the political courage to act? Or are our native peoples condemned to live forever in the deplorable state we find them in today?
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5.0 out of 5 stars Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry: The Deception Behind Indigenous Cultural Preservation, Nov 19 2009
By Barbara M. Johnson "bmj" (Newport, Nova Scotia Canada) - See all my reviews
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This book is timely for someone has finally had the guts to come out and write the truth. Yet, there is more to be said. I waited a long time for this to happen. It is not racist as some have suggested. Millions of $$$$'s have been spent in Aboriginal Industry and only the consultants etc. have benefitted and they are repeaters from year to year. Where are their completed reports/studies? We never see them in libraries or elsewhere. CIHR and SSHRC etc. have issued million dollar and higher grants to universitites without accountability. Cheers to Widdowson and Howard, Barb
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1.0 out of 5 stars Weak, Unhelpful, and Unfortunate Anaylsis of a Real Problem
The tragedy with this poorly written AM radio rant of a book is that it fails to bring either the level of analysis or the quality of research and insight that would shed light on... Read more
Published 1 month ago by W North

5.0 out of 5 stars The Emperor Truly Has No Clothes
An industry that pays as well as the Aboriginal Industry will not change in our current political climate. Read more
Published 4 months ago by blackcatbone

4.0 out of 5 stars The Truth Will Disrobe You
Read this book to discover how those reviewers who absolutely disagree with the authors' premise and observations provide proof for that premise. Read more
Published 4 months ago by FMM

1.0 out of 5 stars cultural politics
Howard and Widdowson do raise issues that are important to anyone concerned with social justice. However, the tone of their book and specific "evidentials" is one of incredible... Read more
Published 6 months ago by La Lobas

5.0 out of 5 stars How did this get published?
I bought this thinking it would be fair and balanced and maybe just maybe it would be well researched and a good read. There are too many unsupported statements. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Les Couchie

1.0 out of 5 stars Cultural Knowledge
Widdowson was employed by the Government of the Northwest Territories a while back. During her tenure she claimed publicly that traditional knowledge did not exist, because there... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Philip Kienholz

5.0 out of 5 stars An Inconvenient Truth
An utterly brilliant book: meticulously researched, eminently reasonable, and, despite what the spokesmen for the aboriginal industry are screaming about it, deeply compassionate... Read more
Published 9 months ago by David Hershberg

1.0 out of 5 stars Colonialism at its best!
While Canada is trying to confront its colonial approach to Aboriginal people, there are still people who look at the situation with an extremely ethnocentric perspective. Read more
Published 9 months ago by P. Rousseau

5.0 out of 5 stars Bold & Brilliant
The authors are bold enough to scrape away the buffalo paddies and brilliant enough to discern the texture of reality beneath them. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Gregory Nixon

1.0 out of 5 stars Ignorant Trash
This book is not worth the paper it's written on.It is but another ignorant screed by so called experts.When in fact it is but drivel. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Dirk Buchholz

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