Dammed, the politics of loss and survival in Anishinaabe Territory, Brittany Luby
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Dammed, the politics of loss and survival in Anishinaabe Territory, Brittany Luby
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Dammed
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1149215643
Responsibility statement
Brittany Luby
Series statement
Critical studies in Native history,, 21, 1925-5888
Sub title
the politics of loss and survival in Anishinaabe Territory
Summary
"Dammed: The Politics of Loss and Survival in Anishinaabe Territory explores Canada's hydroelectric boom in the Lake of the Woods area. It complicates narratives of increasing affluence in postwar Canada, revealing that the inverse was true for Indigenous communities along the Winnipeg River. Dammed makes clear that hydroelectric generating stations were designed to serve settler populations. Governments and developers excluded the Anishinabeg from planning and operations and failed to consider how power production might influence the health and economy of their communities. By so doing, Canada and Ontario thwarted a future that aligned with the terms of treaty, a future in which both settlers and the Anishinabeg might thrive in shared territories. The same hydroelectric development that powered settler communities flooded manomin fields, washed away roads, and compromised fish populations. Anishinaabe families responded creatively to manage the government-sanctioned environmental change and survive the resulting economic loss. Luby reveals these responses to dam development, inviting readers to consider how resistance might be expressed by individuals and families, and across gendered and generational lines. Luby weaves text, testimony, and experience together, grounding this historical work in the territory of her paternal ancestors, lands she calls home. With evidence drawn from archival material, oral history, and environmental observation, Dammed invites readers to confront Canadian colonialism in the twentieth century."--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword: A Message From Chief Lorraine Cobiness -- Introduction: Looking Out from Anishinaabe Territory -- Chapter 1: By Water We Inhabit This Place -- Chapter 2: Rising River, Receding Access -- Chapter 3: Power Lost and Power Gained -- Chapter 4: Labouring to Keep the Reserve Alive -- Chapter 5: Waste Accumulation in a Changed River -- Chapter 6: Mother Work and Managing Environmental Change -- Conclusion: So That Our Next Generation Will Know -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on Sources -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
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- Centrales hydroélectriques + Aspect de l'environnement -- Bois, Lac des
- Aboriginal Canadians + Environmental concerns
- Ressources en eau + Exploitation + Aspect économique -- Bois, Lac des
- Eau + Approvisionnement -- Bois, Lac des
- Water resources development + Environmental aspects -- Lake of the Woods
- Aboriginal Canadians + Water resources
- Aboriginal Canadians + Social conditions
- Ressources en eau + Exploitation + Aspect de l'environnement -- Bois, Lac des
- Bois, Lac des -- Relations interethniques
- Hydroelectric power plants + Environmental aspects -- Lake of the Woods
- Water security -- Lake of the Woods
- Indigenous peoples -- Lake of the Woods -- Economic conditions
- Water resources development + Economic aspects -- Lake of the Woods
- Aboriginal Canadians + Relations with government
- Water-supply -- Lake of the Woods
- Lake of the Woods -- Race relations
- Bois, Lac des -- Relations raciales
- Hydroelectric power plants + Economic aspects -- Lake of the Woods
- Sécurité de l'eau -- Bois, Lac des
- Lake of the Woods -- Ethnic relations
- Indigenous peoples -- Lake of the Woods -- Social conditions
- Centrales hydroélectriques + Aspect économique -- Bois, Lac des
- Aboriginal Canadians + Pollution
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- Centrales hydroélectriques + Aspect de l'environnement -- Bois, Lac des
- Aboriginal Canadians + Environmental concerns
- Ressources en eau + Exploitation + Aspect économique -- Bois, Lac des
- Eau + Approvisionnement -- Bois, Lac des
- Water resources development + Environmental aspects -- Lake of the Woods
- Aboriginal Canadians + Water resources
- Aboriginal Canadians + Social conditions
- Ressources en eau + Exploitation + Aspect de l'environnement -- Bois, Lac des
- Bois, Lac des -- Relations interethniques
- Hydroelectric power plants + Environmental aspects -- Lake of the Woods
- Water security -- Lake of the Woods
- Indigenous peoples -- Lake of the Woods -- Economic conditions
- Water resources development + Economic aspects -- Lake of the Woods
- Aboriginal Canadians + Relations with government
- Water-supply -- Lake of the Woods
- Lake of the Woods -- Race relations
- Bois, Lac des -- Relations raciales
- Hydroelectric power plants + Economic aspects -- Lake of the Woods
- Sécurité de l'eau -- Bois, Lac des
- Lake of the Woods -- Ethnic relations
- Indigenous peoples -- Lake of the Woods -- Social conditions
- Centrales hydroélectriques + Aspect économique -- Bois, Lac des
- Aboriginal Canadians + Pollution
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- Author1
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