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Autore |
Hedican Edward J |
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Titolo |
The Ogoki River Guides : emergent leadership among the northern Ojibwa / / Edward J. Hedican |
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Waterloo, Ont., Canada, : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1986 |
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ISBN |
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1-55458-700-X |
1-280-92489-6 |
9786610924899 |
0-88920-782-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (187 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ojibwa business enterprises |
Indian business enterprises - Ontario - Collins |
Ojibwa Indians - Economic conditions |
Indians of North America - Ontario - Collins - Economic conditions |
Collins (Ont.) Economic conditions |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliography and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Maps and Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Collins: A Non-Reserve Indian Community; 3. Economic Incorporation and Exchange; 4. Emergent Leadership and Economic Opportunity; 5. ORG and the Whitewater Project; 6. Conclusion; Postscript: Collins Ten Years After; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Ogoki River Guides describes the prolonged struggle that members of a small native community in northern Ontario have undertaken in their attempt to establish a viable local economy. The leaders of Collins, the community in which the events of the book take place, have made a concerted effort to ensure that the community takes charge of its own affairs and in doing so have generated some important lessons for governmental policy in northern areas. The study makes evident the fact that certain changes in current government practices are needed, |
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