Spirits of the Rockies : reasserting an indigenous presence in Banff National Park / Courtney W. Mason.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mason, Courtney Wade, 1979- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Assiniboine Indians--Alberta--Banff National Park--History.

Assiniboine Indians.

Assiniboine Indians--Colonization--Alberta--Banff National Park.

Assiniboine Indians--Alberta--Banff National Park--Social conditions.

Assiniboine Indians--Alberta--Banff National Park--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

Social conditions.

Colonization.

History.

Banff National Park (Alta.)--Economic conditions.

Banff National Park (Alta.).

Banff National Park (Alta.)--Social conditions.

Banff National Park (Alta.)--Ethnic relations--History.

Banff National Park (Alta.)--History.

Alberta--Banff National Park.

Alberta.

Physical Description:

xvi, 195 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2014]

Contents:

1 Theorizing Power Relations in Colonial Histories 13

Colonial Power Relations 13

Problematizing the Use of Foucault 16

Racial Discourse and Foucault 19

2 Colonial Encounters: Treaty 7, Missionaries, and the Constraints of the Reserve System 22

Histories of Indigenous Peoples in the Banff-Bow Valley 22

Missionary Movements and Treaty 7 25

The Reserve Systems and Assimilationist Institutions 31

A Colonial Regime of Disciplinary Power 37

Refusing Constraints 45

Conclusion 47

3 The Repression of Indigenous Subsistence Practices in Rocky Mountains Park 49

The Formation of Rocky Mountains Park 49

Conservation Discourse and Competing Knowledges 52

Cultural and Subsistence Practices as Threats to the Colonial Bureaucracy 61

A Critique of the Panopticon and Surveillance 66

Knowing, Individualizing, and Assimilating Processes 70

Conclusion 75

4 Sporting and Tourism Festivals: Representations of Indigenous Peoples 77

Demystifying "Naturalness" Discourse 77

The Origins of the Tourism Industry in Banff 79

The Production of "Naturalness" in Banff 84

Nakoda Participation in Early Tourism Economies 90

The Banff Indian Days 92

Problematizing Representations of Indigenous Peoples 99

Foucauldian Power Relations and Colonial Societies 103

Conclusion 105

5 Rethinking the Banff Indian Days as Critical Spaces of Cultural Exchange 107

Precolonial Representations of Indigenous Peoples 107

The Indian Days as Socio-economic, Political and Cultural Opportunities 120

Identity Making 126

Disciplinary Technologies and Refusals in Colonial Contexts 134

Conclusion 137

6 Looking Back and Pushing Ahead 139

The Awakening (August 2009) 139.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-192) and index.

ISBN:

9781442649309

1442649305

9781442626683

1442626682

OCLC:

881553058