Home Is the Hunter: The James Bay Cree and Their Land Contributor(s): Carlson, Hans M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0774814950 ISBN-13: 9780774814959 Publisher: University of British Columbia Press OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - General - History | Native American |
Dewey: 971.411 |
Physical Information: 0.87" H x 6.24" W x 9.06" (1.16 lbs) 344 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Since 1970 in Quebec, there has been immense change for the Cree, who now live with the consequences of Quebec's massive development of the North. Home Is the Hunter presents the historical, environmental, and cultural context from which this recent story grows. Hans Carlson shows how the Cree view their lands as their home, their garden, and their memory of themselves as a people. By investigating the Cree's three hundred years of contact with outsiders, he illuminates the process of cultural negotiation at the foundation of ongoing political and environmental debates. This book offers a way of thinking about indigenous peoples' struggles for rights and environmental justice in Canada and elsewhere. |