This article might be useful:

A postcolonial women's law? Domestic violence and the Ontario liquor 
board's "Indian list, " 1950-1990
Author(s): 
<http://wos.isiknowledge.com.cerberus.lib.uoguelph.ca/CIW.cgi?SID=G2p@hn66fJolfpbO@eJ&Func=OneClickSearch&field=AU&val=Valverde+M&curr_doc=1/5&Form=FullRecordPage&doc=1/5>Valverde 
M
Source: FEMINIST STUDIES 30 (3): 566-588 FAL 2004

The "Indian List" did not just include aboriginal people but also included 
many whites who were forbidden from purchasing alcohol because of excessive 
use, or domestic violence.

Catherine Carstairs

At 02:45 PM 30/05/2006 -0300, you wrote:
>Hi:
>
>The whiteness literature, as you probably know, is American and the focus 
>usually in on
>white/black distinctions. I have not seen many examples stressing white 
>identity based
>on
>'not being Native,' but it is an interesting point. Can't think of many 
>legal barriers
>to blacks buying and drinking alcohol, but there were informal barriers 
>(such as
>denail or service in bars, exclusion from clubs, etc).
>
>
>
>Quoting Robert Campbell <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> > Hello,
> > A colleague of mine has asked about secondary literature on liquor as a 
> white
> > privilege, particularly in the Canadian context. My work certainly has 
> assumed that
> > privilege, but it does not discuss how access to alcohol can be part of 
> the process
> > of creating "whiteness."
> > Regards,
> > Robert Campbell
> >
> >
> > Robert A. Campbell, Ph.D.
> > Department of History
> > Capilano College
> > 2055 Purcell Way
> > North Vancouver, BC
> > Canada V7J 3H5
> > 604.986.1911 x2477
> > FAX 604.990.7838
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
>
>
>Greg Marquis
>Associate professor
>History and Politics Department
>UNB Saint John