The Lubicon Lake Nation: Indigenous Knowledge and Power - Couverture rigide

Martin-Hill, Dawn

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0802008437 ISBN 13 : 9780802008435

Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2008

Synopsis

Many argue that the Lubicon, a small Cree nation in northern Alberta, have been denied their unalienable right to self-determination by the Canadian government. In a country such as Canada, some see the plight of the Lubicon people as an enduring reminder that certain democratic principles and basic freedoms are still kept from minorities, indigenous groups in particular.

The Lubicon Lake Nation strives, through a critique of historically-constructed colonial images, to analyze the Canadian government's actions vis-à-vis the rights of the Lubicon people. Dawn Martin-Hill illustrates the power of indigenous knowledge by contrasting the words, ideas, and self-conceptualizations of the Lubicon with official versions of Lubicon history as documented by the state. In doing so, she offers a genuine sense of the gravity of their lived experiences. By giving voice to the Lubicon, this study seeks to develop an exclusively indigenist framework in which the circumstances facing the people can be described and analyzed more accurately than they can using popular conceptions of native rights as put forth by the government.

The Lubicon Lake Nation is a story of one culture and the pursuit of indigenous rights in Canada as told from the perspective of those who know the situation best, the Lubicon themselves.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dawn Martin-Hill is a Mohawk from Six Nations Ontario. She is a cultural anthropologist and academic director of the Indigenous Studies Program at McMaster University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Toronto Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0802008437
• ISBN 13: 9780802008435
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208
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• Personne responsable: non disponible