Educational Paternalism

From the Author's Abstract: "The Saskatchewan CCF government led by Tommy Douglas had a close, long-standing relationship with Indian political organizations. This article examines the relationship between the CCF government and the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians from 1958 to the government’s defeat in 1964. It argues that the government was caught between two incompatible goals: the desire to assist the development of the FSI as a strong, self-determining organization and the desire to promote the integration of Indians into mainstream society. The government pursued both goals with the result that relations with the FSI were enmeshed in contradiction. The relationship worked, however, because there were advantages to both sides and because of the knowledge, sensitivity and strength of both non-aboriginal aboriginal leaders." Page 47.