As long as the rivers run : hydroelectric development and Native communities in western Canada

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  • Author: Waldram, James B.
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    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.”

    Contents:
    • Maps
    • Preface
    • Acknowledgements
    • Hydroelectric development and Native People in Canada
    • Treaties, scrip and the alienation of native lands in western Canada
    • Cumberland House and the Squaw Rapids Dam
    • Easterville and the Grand Rapids Dam
    • South Indian Lake and the Churchill River diversion project
    • Conclusion
    • Appendix 1 : Treaty No. 5
    • Appendix 2 : The Forebay agreement
    • Appendix 3 : Manitoba Hydro's 1969 compensation proposal for South Indian Lake
    • Bibliography
    • Notes
    • Index.
    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Indigenous materials
    Original Publisher: Winnipeg, Manitoba , University of Manitoba Press
    Language(s): English

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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.”

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Canadian nonfiction
Indigenous materials
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Winnipeg, Manitoba

University of Manitoba Press

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