Mining and communities in Northern Canada : history, politics, and memory / edited by Arn Keeling and John Sandlos.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Keeling, Arn, editor.

Sandlos, John, 1970- editor.

Series:

Canadian history and environment series ; no. 3.

Canadian history and environment series ; no. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mineral industries--Canada, Northern--History.

Mineral industries.

Indigenous peoples--Canada, Northern--History.

Indigenous peoples.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (441 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Calgary : University of Calgary Press, 2015

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"For indigenous communities throughout the globe, mining has been a historical forerunner of colonialism, introducing new, and often disruptive, settlement patterns and economic arrangements. Although indigenous communities may benefit from and adapt to the wage labour and training opportunities provided by new mining operations, they are also often left to navigate the complicated process of remediating the long-term ecological changes associated with industrial mining. In this regard, the mining often inscribes colonialism as a broad set of physical and ecological changes to indigenous lands. This collection examines historical and contemporary social, economic, and environmental impacts of mining on indigenous communities in northern Canada. Combining oral history research with intensive archival study, this work juxtaposes the perspectives of government and industry with those of local communities. The oral history and ethnographic material provides an extremely significant record of local indigenous perspectives on histories of mining and development in their regions."--$c Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

print version: