Native peoples and water rights : irrigation, dams, and the law in western Canada / / Kenichi Matsui

• Autore: Matsui Ken'ichi <1969->
• Pubblicazione: Montreal : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2009; ©2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 electronic text (xviii, 243 pages) : illustrations, maps, plan, portraits : digital file
• Disciplina: 346.7104/6910089970711
• Soggetto topico: Water rights - British Columbia - History; Water rights - Alberta - History; Indians of North America - Legal status, laws, etc - Canada, Western - History; Irrigation laws - Canada, Western - History; Dams - Law and legislation - Canada, Western - History; Agriculture and state - Canada, Western - History; Indians of North America - British Columbia - History; Indians of North America - Alberta - History
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-228) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: culture, colonialism, and reclaiming Indigenous waters -- A water rights culture and native farmers in the North American West -- The struggle for power over native water rights in British Columbia -- An anatomy of water conflicts : the secwepemc and settlers in the British Columbia dry belt -- Irrigating with Indigenous waters in the treaty 7 region -- Hydroelectric dams and native waterpower rights : a Stoney Nakoda case -- Conclusion: rediscovering Indigenous water rights history.
• Sommario/riassunto: Economic developments in irrigation, agriculture, and hydroelectric power generation in western Canada at the turn of the last century challenged the way Native peoples had traditionally managed the watershed environment. Facing rapidly expanding provincial and federal power as well as private industries, Native peoples saw opportunities to protect their self-governing rights and explore reserve-based economy. Through a combination of field work and archival research, Kenichi Matsui offers an original and pioneering overview of the evolution of water law and agricultural policies in the Canadian west. By incorporating the history of water law philosophies, water development technologies, agricultural policies, and cross-cultural theories, Matsui constructs an interdisciplinary analysis of how both Native peoples and non-native stakeholders struggled for better rights and livelihood through litigation, political campaigns, and direct actions. The dramatic stories of early cultural, legal, and political conflict in interior British Columbia and Alberta featured in Native Peoples and Water Rights enrich our understanding of current Native rights disputes throughout North America.
• Titolo autorizzato: Native peoples and water rights
• ISBN: 0-7735-8322-X; 1-282-86702-4; 9786612867026; 0-7735-7658-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789846603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; ; 55.