Home is the hunter : the James Bay Cree and their land / Hans M. Carlson ; foreword by Graeme Wynn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carlson, Hans M.

Series:

Nature, history, society.

Nature, history, society, 1713-6687

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cree Indians--James Bay Region--History.

Cree Indians.

Cree Indians--Quebec (Province)--Nord-du-Quebec--History.

Cree Indians--Hunting--James Bay Region.

Cree Indians--Hunting--Quebec (Province)--Nord-du-Quebec.

Cultural landscapes--James Bay Region.

Cultural landscapes.

Cultural landscapes--Quebec (Province)--Nord-du-Quebec.

Cree Indians--James Bay Region--Government relations.

Cree Indians--Quebec (Province)--Nord-du-Quebec--Government relations.

James Bay Region--Environmental conditions.

James Bay Region.

Nord-du-Québec (Québec)--Environmental conditions.

Nord-du-Québec (Québec).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 317 pages) : illustrations, maps, portrait ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The James Bay Cree lived in relative isolation until 1970, when Northern Quebec was swept up in the political and cultural changes of the Quiet Revolution. The ensuing years have brought immense change for the Cree, who now live with the consequences of Quebec's massive development of hydroelectricity, timber, and mineral resources in the North. Home Is the Hunter presents the historical, environmental, and cultural context from which this recent story grows. Hans Carlson shows how the Cree view their lands as their home, their garden, and their memory of themselves as a people. By investigating the Cree's relationship with the land and their three hundred years of contact with outsiders, the author illuminates the process of cultural negotiation at the foundation of ongoing political and environmental debates. This book is more than a story of dam building and industrial logging in northern Quebec. It offers a way of thinking about indigenous peoples' struggles for rights and environmental justice in Canada and elsewhere.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Maps, Figures, and Tables

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Why James Bay?

Imagining the Land

Inland Engagement

Christians and Cree

Marginal Existences

Management and Moral Economy

Flooding the Garden

Conclusion: Journeys of Wellness, Walks of the Heart

Postscript

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-309) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-45712-8

9786612457128

0-7748-1496-9

OCLC:

923447759