Voices from the Odeyak:
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Main Author: Posluns, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto NC Press 1993
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (page 224) and index
Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgement; The Cast of Characters; Maps; 1. Manhattan Transfer; 2. Building the Odeyak; Photo Section: The Odeyak Travellers and Their Hosts; 3. The Whale and the Seal -- Traditional Way of Life; 4. The Bulldozer -- James Bay 1; 5. A Canadian Wilderness; 6. Odeyak Discovers Lake Champlain; 7. The Clearwater's Blanket; 8. River Talk, Legal Talk; 9. The Power and the Glory; Bibliography; Index
On April 23, 1990, after a five-week journey from Hudson Bay to the Hudson River, the Odeyak landed at the Battery for Earth Day. Half-Cree, half-Inuit, the 24-foot freighter canoe, plowing across the Manhattan seascape, was a strange small vessel build in the dark Arctic winter to carry a message from two First Nations of the northern wilderness to a reclaiming of Times Square for Mother Earth. Along with the Crees' and the Inuit's hopes and fears for their children and for the future of their river, the Odeyak carried a simple request. The Great Whale Hydroelectric Project, the first part o
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (230 pages, [8] pages of plates)
ISBN:1459720881
155021070X
1554883725
9781459720886
9781550210705
9781554883721

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