With Good Intentions: Euro-Canadian and Aboriginal Relations in Colonial Canada
Celia Haig-Brown
With Good Intentions examines the joint efforts of Aboriginal people and individuals of European ancestry to counter injustice in Canada when colonization was at its height, from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century. These people recognized colonial wrongs and worked together in a variety of ways to right them, but they could not stem the tide of European-based exploitation.
The book is neither an apologist text nor an attempt to argue that some colonizers were simply “well intentioned.” Almost all those considered here – teachers, lawyers, missionaries, activists – had as their overall goal the Christianization and civilization of Canada’s ... Read more
By discussing examples of Euro-Canadians who worked with Aboriginal peoples, With Good Intentions brings to light some of the lesser-known complexities of colonization.
This volume is an important resource for anyone interested in Canadian history, particularly post-Confederation history, and in Native studies and issues of colonization of Native peoples.
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Reviews for With Good Intentions: Euro-Canadian and Aboriginal Relations in Colonial Canada
Derek Whitehouse-Strong, History Department, Grant MacEwan College
H-Net Book Review, July 2006