As long as the rivers run : hydroelectric development and native communities in western Canada / James B. Waldram.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waldram, James B. (James Burgess)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Prairie Provinces--Social conditions.

Indians of North America.

Métis--Prairie Provinces--Social conditions.

Métis.

Hydroelectric power plants--Social aspects--Prairie Provinces.

Hydroelectric power plants.

Hydroelectric power plants--Political aspects--Prairie Provinces.

Hydroelectric power plants--Environmental aspects--Prairie Provinces.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Place of Publication:

Winnipeg [Man.] : University of Manitoba Press, 1993, c1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In past treaties, the Aboriginal people of Canada surrendered title to their lands in return for guarantees that their traditional ways of life would be protected. Since the 1950s, governments have reneged on these commitments in order to acquire more land and water for hydroelectric development. James B. Waldram examines this controversial topic through an analysis of the politics of hydroelectric dam construction in the Canadian Northwest, focusing on three Aboriginal communities in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. He argues that little has changed in our treatment of Aboriginal people in the past hundred years, when their resources are still appropriated by the government “for the common good.” Using archival materials, personal interviews and largely inaccessible documents and letters, Waldram highlights the clear parallel between the treatment of Aboriginal people in the negotiations and agreements that accompany hydro development with the treaty and scrip processes of the past century.

Contents:

""The Squaw Rapids Dam""""Consideration of Downstream Effects""; ""The Community View of the Dam Proposal""; ""Emerging Problems""; ""The Churchill River Study""; ""More Study � No Action""; ""Legal Action""; ""Mediation""; ""4 Easterville and the Grand Rapids Dam""; ""The Community of Easterville""; ""Community History""; ""The Grand Rapids Dam""; ""The Grand Rapids Forebay Administration Committee""; ""Land Surrender and Site Selection""; ""Negotiating Away a Home""; ""The Role of the Federal Government""; ""The Forebay Agreement: A Letter of Intent""; ""Legal Action""

""The Special Forebay Committee: A Native Reaction""""5 South Indian Lake and the Churchill River Diversion Project""; ""The Community of South Indian Lake""; ""Community History""; ""The Churchill River Diversion Project""; ""Anachronism in a Technological Age""; ""Negotiations and Public Hearings""; ""New Government � Same Old Story""; ""Legal Action""; ""Appeal to the Federal Government""; """"Just People of Manitoba""""; ""Divide and Conquer: The Age-Old Strategy""; ""The Northern Flood Committee""; ""The Northern Flood Committee's Legal Action""; ""A Clash of Democracies""

""The Panel of Public Enquiry into Northern Hydro Development""""The Northern Flood Agreement: A ""Charter of Rights and Benefits""""; ""The Commission of Inquiry into Manitoba Hydro""; ""After the Flood: Negotiations and Compensation""; ""The Augmented Flow Dispute""; ""6 Conclusion""; ""Treaties and Dams: For the ""Common Good""""; ""How Common is the ""Common Good""?""; ""Appendix 1: Treaty No. Five""; ""Appendix 2: The Forebay Agreement""; ""Appendix 3: Manitoba Hydro's 1969 Compensation Proposal for South Indian Lake""; ""Bibliography""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""

""E""""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-211) and index.

ISBN:

9786613090645

9781283090643

1283090643

9780887553134

0887553133