On the land: confronting the challenges to aboriginal self-determination in Northern Quebec and Labrador
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto Betelguese Books ©1995
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Item Description:Modified versions of lectures presented at the 1995 Trent University Northern Lecture series, collectively entitled: Northern Quebec and Labrador : the land, aboriginal rights and future directions. - Co-published by the Frost Centre for Canadian Heritage and Development Studies
Includes bibliographical references and index
Preface; ABORIGINAL VOICES; Maps; VIEWS FROM OUTSIDE; Contributors; Bibliography; Index
It is from the land that the Native peoples of Canada draw their strength. If the people of Quebec claim a right to sovereignty, Inuit of Quebec argue their right of self-determination empowers them with the choice to remain part of Quebec, of Canada or to secede on their own. The James Bay Cree consider Hydro Quebec's "mad plans to engineer and dam the vast ecosystem" where they have lived for centuries an affront to their own right to control their land. The Labrador Innu are struggling with both the federal and provincial governments to protect their traditional hunting territories from threat
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:0969078366
1459713710
1554882532
9780969078364
9781459713710
9781554882533

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