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- Title
Conflict and change in Indian/non-Indian relations in Canada: comparison of 1976 and 1979 national attitude surveys.
- Authors
Fonting, J. Rick
- Abstract
Attitudes of Canadians towards native Indians are compared based on data from in-home interviews conducted with large nation-wide samples. The dependent variable was a composite index of sympathy towards Indians. Statistical analysis at the level of the country as a whole failed to support the hypothesis that attitude change would be in a negative direction. Although data from certain conflict groups or "quasi-groups" did support the hypothesis, other groups counterbalanced them by exhibiting change in the opposite direction. A major challenge and preoccupation of Indian political leaders in the 1980s will be that of maintaining Native issues on the Canadian political agenda.
- Subjects
CANADA; ATTITUDE change (Psychology); INTERVIEWING; INDIGENOUS peoples of the Americas; SYMPATHY; QUANTITATIVE research
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Sociology, 1984, Vol 9, Issue 2, p137
- ISSN
0318-6431
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/3340211