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As Long as the Rivers Run : Hydroelectric Development and Native Communities in Western Canada

1993

In past treaties, the Aboriginal people of Canada surrendered title to their lands in return for guarantees that their traditional ways of life would be protected. Since the 1950s, governments have reneged on these commitments in order to acquire more land and water for hydroelectric development.James B. Waldram examines this controversial topic through an analysis of the politics of hydroelectric dam construction in the Canadian Northwest, focusing on three Aboriginal communities in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. He argues that little has changed in our treatment of Aboriginal people in the past hundred years, when their resources are still appropriated by the government “for the common good.”Using archival materials, personal interviews and largely inaccessible documents and letters, Waldram highlights the clear parallel between the treatment of Aboriginal people in the negotiations and agreements that accompany hydro development with the treaty and scrip processes of the past century.In past treaties, the Aboriginal people of Canada surrendered title to their lands in return for guarantees that their traditional ways of life would be protected. Since the 1950s, governments have reneged on these commitments in order to acquire more land and water for hydroelectric development.James B. Waldram examines this controversial topic through an analysis of the politics of hydroelectric dam construction in the Canadian Northwest, focusing on three Aboriginal communities in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. He argues that little has changed in our treatment of Aboriginal people in the past hundred years, when their resources are still appropriated by the government “for the common good.”Using archival materials, personal interviews and largely inaccessible documents and letters, Waldram highlights the clear parallel between the treatment of Aboriginal people in the negotiations and agreements that accompany hydro development with the treaty and scrip processes of the past century.
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Authors

James B. Waldram

Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-211) and index
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CaOOCEL
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
305.8/97/0712
Dewey Decimal Edition Number
19
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Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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ISBN
0887551432 9780887553134
LCCN
E78.P7
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W34 1993eb
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1 electronic text (xviii, 253 p. : 3 maps)
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Canada
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CaOOCEL
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Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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(CaBNVSL)thg00602073 (OCoLC)243614312 (CaOOCEL)412940
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Mode of access: World Wide Web
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