Unsettling mobility : mediating Mi'kmaw sovereignty in post-contact Nova Scotia / Michelle A. Lelièvre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lelièvre, Michelle A., author.

Contributor:

Professor Elisabeth J. Tooker Fund.

Series:

Archaeology of colonialism in native North America

The archaeology of colonialism in native North America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Micmac Indians--Nova Scotia.

Micmac Indians.

Sovereignty.

Nova Scotia.

Physical Description:

xix, 257 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, [2017]

Summary:

"The book looks at how the continued mobility of the indigenous Mi'kmaw people has served as a demonstration of sovereignty over their ancestral lands and water despite the encroachment of European settlers"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: The end(s) of settlement

1. The sedentarist ideology

2. Clam beds and arrowheads : an Indigenous archaeography of Maligomish

3. Settled but not sedentary : Mi'kmaw dwelling on Maligomish and beyond

4. Pilgrimage and propagation : the mission of Mi'kmaw Catholicism

Conclusion: "In restlessness, there is power."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-245) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Professor Elisabeth J. Tooker Fund.

ISBN:

9780816534852

0816534853

OCLC:

961159850

Publisher Number:

99974678054