Native Migrant Labour in the Southern Alberta Sugar-beet Industry: Coercion and Paternalism in the Recruitment of Labour(*).

Analyzes the employment of North American Indian workers in Alberta, Canada during the 1950s and 1960s. Overview of the sugar-beet industry in southern Alberta; Discussion of Canadian employment policies and agencies, including manpower committees and the Indian Affairs Branch of the national government; Description of migrant labor policies as coercive and paternalistic; Details of public welfare programs for North American Indian workers.