The New Buffalo: The Struggle for Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education

Post-secondary education, often referred to as “the new buffalo,” is a contentious but critically important issue for First Nations and the future of Canadian society. While First Nations maintain that access to and funding for higher education is an Aboriginal and Treaty right, the Canadian government insists that post-secondary education is a social program for which they have limited responsibility.

In The New Buffalo, Blair Stonechild traces the history of Aboriginal post-secondary educ...