Severing The Ties That Bind
Religious ceremonies were an inseparable part of Aboriginal traditional life, reinforcing social, economic, and political values. However, missionaries and government officials with ethnocentric attitudes of cultural superiority decreed that Native dances and ceremonies were immoral or un-Christian and an impediment to the integration of the Native population into Canadian society. Beginning in 1885, the Department of Indian Affairs implemented a series of amendments to the Canadian Indian Act, designed to eliminate traditional forms of religious expression and customs, such as the Sun Dance,
Cutting The Ties That Bind
The Ties That Bind
Since their divorce, Kate Renado and Reese Bishop—her former husband and law partner—would like to pretend their only remaining connection is their teenage daughter Sofie. Kate’s gotten herself a judgeship and a sexy younger man. Reese’s law practice is flourishing and he, too, has a new romance. But the newspapers have some news for Kate and Reese. A former client, from the days when Kate and Reese were still a team in the courtroom and the bedroom, has just killed herself in prison. And her suicide note accuses them of unethical behavior. To clear their names, they must delve into a
The Ties That Bind
This book presents an interpretation and analysis of the phenomenon of ambivalence so persistent in the Afro-American consciousness of Africa. Today a wide range of black opinion has accepted Pan-Africanism and Africa and many are consciously making an effective attempt to create more links with Africa. The right of blacks to be culturally independent is now accepted, at least verbally, without question. But this was not always the case. The present study is offered as an exploration in the field of social identity as it affects people in diaspora. The identity of every people is shaped in the
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