Resistance and recognition at Kitigan Zibi : Algonquin politics and culture in the twentieth century /
"Kitigan Zibi is the largest and oldest Algonquin reserve in Canada. This local history illuminates the larger experience of the Algonquin First Nations whose traditional lands span the Ottawa River watershed and cross contemporary boundaries. Drawing on interviews with community members and ar...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Vancouver ; Toronto :
UBC Press,
[2023]
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| Summary: | "Kitigan Zibi is the largest and oldest Algonquin reserve in Canada. This local history illuminates the larger experience of the Algonquin First Nations whose traditional lands span the Ottawa River watershed and cross contemporary boundaries. Drawing on interviews with community members and archival sources, Resistance and Recognition at Kitigan Zibi explores the twentieth-century politics and culture of this particular reserve. Despite the disruptions associated with settler colonialism, the Algonquin maintained a distinct cultural identity and waged a multifaceted struggle against assimilation and economic marginalization. Modern First Nations political activism in eastern Canada reaches back to First World War, when veterans and local leaders were among the first to articulate the language of Indigenous rights we know today. That struggle played out in political spaces including border-crossing celebrations, grand councils, and courtrooms, and informed strategic labour choices, interactions with provincial game wardens, and protests against the Catholic Church. Resistance and Recognition at Kitigan Zibi convincingly demonstrates that the contest for recognition of treaty rights and traditional lands has been longer, broader, and deeper than previously understood."-- |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 184 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Issued also in electronic formats. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (163-171) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780774868464 0774868465 |