Dammed : the politics of loss and survival in Anishinaabe Territory / Brittany Luby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Luby, Brittany, author.

Series:

Critical studies in native history ; Volume 21.

Critical Studies in Native History ; Volume 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples.

Indigenous peoples--Lake of the Woods--Social conditions.

Indigenous peoples--Lake of the Woods--Economic conditions.

Water resources development--Economic aspects--Lake of the Woods.

Water resources development.

Lake of the Woods--Race relations.

Lake of the Woods.

Lake of the Woods--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages).

Place of Publication:

Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Dammed: The Politics of Loss and Survival in Anishinaabe Territory explores Canada's hydroelectric boom in the Lake of the Woods area. It complicates narratives of increasing affluence in postwar Canada, revealing that the inverse was true for Indigenous communities along the Winnipeg River. Dammed makes clear that hydroelectric generating stations were designed to serve settler populations. Governments and developers excluded the Anishinabeg from planning and operations and failed to consider how power production might influence the health and economy of their communities. By so doing, Canada and Ontario thwarted a future that aligned with the terms of treaty, a future in which both settlers and the Anishinabeg might thrive in shared territories. The same hydroelectric development that powered settler communities flooded manomin fields, washed away roads, and compromised fish populations. Anishinaabe families responded creatively to manage the government-sanctioned environmental change and survive the resulting economic loss. Luby reveals these responses to dam development, inviting readers to consider how resistance might be expressed by individuals and families, and across gendered and generational lines. Luby weaves text, testimony, and experience together, grounding this historical work in the territory of her paternal ancestors, lands she calls home. With evidence drawn from archival material, oral history, and environmental observation, Dammed invites readers to confront Canadian colonialism in the twentieth century."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of Illustrations

Foreword: A Message From Chief Lorraine Cobiness

Introduction: Looking Out from Anishinaabe Territory

Chapter 1: By Water We Inhabit This Place

Chapter 2: Rising River, Receding Access

Chapter 3: Power Lost and Power Gained

Chapter 4: Labouring to Keep the Reserve Alive

Chapter 5: Waste Accumulation in a Changed River

Chapter 6: Mother Work and Managing Environmental Change

Conclusion: So That Our Next Generation Will Know

Acknowledgements

A Note on Sources

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Canadian Historical Association: Canadian Aboriginal History Book Prize. Winner, 2021.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780887558757

0887558755

9780887558764

0887558763

OCLC:

1150906273