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

• Autore: Matsui Kenichi <1969->
• Pubblicazione: Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 electronic text (xviii, 243 p. : ill., maps, plan, ports.) : 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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Native peoples and water rights
• ISBN: 1-282-86702-4; 9786612867026; 0-7735-7658-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460249403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; ; 55.