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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817801903321

Titolo

The nature of empires and the empires of nature : Indigenous peoples and the Great Lakes environment / / Karl S. Hele, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : , : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, , [2013]

©2013

Beaconsfield, Quebec : , : Canadian Electronic Library, , 2013

ISBN

1-55458-488-4

1-55458-422-1

1-55458-421-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (372 p.)

Collana

Indigenous studies series

Disciplina

971.3004/97

Soggetti

Human ecology - Great Lakes Region (North America) - History

Great Lakes Region (North America) Environmental conditions History

Great Lakes Region (North America) Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Issued as part of the Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction: A Meditation on Environmental History""; ""Chapter 2 Tricky Medicine: Something Old for Something New""; ""Chapter 3 Rediscovering Relationships""; ""Chapter 4 Learning to Relate: Environmental and Place-Based Education in Northern Ontario""; ""Chapter 5 Bridging Academia and Indigenous Environmental Science: Is It Too Late?""; ""Chapter 6 Empire Revisited: The Covenant Chain of Silver, Land Policy, and the Proclamation of 1763 in the Great Lakes Region, 1760�1800""

""Chapter 7 Lines on the Land: Surveying Townships after the 1790 Treaty""""Chapter 8 Poisoning the Serpent: The Effects of the Uranium Industry on the Serpent River First Nation, 1953�1988""; ""Chapter 9 Divided Spaces, Divided Stories: Animal Control Programs in Canada�s Indigenous Communities""; ""Chapter 10 First Nations Diasporas in Canada: A Case of Recognition""; ""Chapter 11 Assessing Environmental Health Risks through Collaborative Research and Oral Histories: The



Water Quality Issue at Walpole Island First Nation""

""Chapter 12 Landscape and Mindscape Conjoined: The Empire of Nature and the Nature of Empire in the Journals of Ezhaaswe (William A. Elias) (c. 1848�1929)""""Chapter 13 A World of Beauty: The Spirits within Nature in the Writings of Louise Erdrich""; ""Chapter 14 Settler Narrative and Indigenous Resistance in The Baldoon Mystery""; ""Chapter 15 The Great Indian Bus Tour: Mapping Toronto�s Urban First Nations Oral Tradition""; ""Bibliography""; ""The Contributors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""

""Q""""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

Explores the power of Nature and the attempts by Empires (United States, Canada, and Britain) to control it from Indigenous or Indigenous influenced perspectives. This title hopes to inspire ways of looking at the Great Lakes watershed and the people and empires contained within it.