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Dammed : the politics of loss and survival in Anishinaabe Territory  Cover Image Book Book

Dammed : the politics of loss and survival in Anishinaabe Territory / Brittany Luby.

Luby, Brittany, (author.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780887558740 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: xi, 239 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press, [2020]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject: Indigneous peoples > Lake of the Woods > Social conditions.
Indigneous peoples > Lake of the Woods > Economic conditions.
Water-supply > Lake of the Woods > Social conditions.
Water security > Lake of the Woods > Social conditions.
Hydroelectric power plants > Environmental aspects > Lake of the Woods.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Holdable? Status Due Date Courses
Castlegar Campus Library E 99 C6 L83 2020 (Text) B001671296 General Volume hold Available -


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