Canada at a Crossroads investigates the boundaries and bridges between Indigenous and settler communities and the persistence of anti-Indigenous racism in twenty-first century small-town Canada.

Preface

Introduction: Boundaries and Bridges in Indigenous-Settler Relations

1. Colonization and the Development of Group Positions: A Brief History of Indigenous-Settler Relations in the Rainy River District
2. Perceiving Group Relations, Constructing Group Positions: "It’s okay as long as the Indians know their place!"
3. Boundary Work and Group Positioning: How Perceptions of Boundaries Reproduce and Challenge Settler Colonial Relations
4. Racism, Prejudice, and Discrimination: Group Positioning in Everyday Attitudes and Behaviours
5. The Alberton Group Home Controversy: "I have Native friends, but this is going too far"
6. Bridge Work: Beyond Group Positioning?
7. A Tenuous Balance: How Contact and Prejudice Coexist
8. Education, Group Positioning, and Ideological Refinement
9. Racial Contestation and the Residential School Apology
10. The Benefits and Challenges of Collective Action: "We can work together if we want to work together"

Conclusion: Canada at a Crossroads

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