A World You Do Not Know : Settler Societies, Indigenous Peoples and the Attack on Cultural Diversity.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Samson, Colin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Montagnais Indians--Newfoundland and Labrador--Labrador--Social conditions.

Montagnais Indians.

Montagnais Indians--Québec (Province)--Social conditions.

Indians, Treatment of--North America.

Indians, Treatment of.

Indians of North America--Cultural assimilation--North America.

Indians of North America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

World You Do Not Know

Place of Publication:

London, GB : University of London Press, 2014.

Summary:

A World You Do Not Know explores the wilful ignorance demonstrated by North America's settlers in establishing their societies on lands already occupied by indigenous nations. Using the Innu of Labrador-Quebec as one powerful contemporary example, Colin Samson shows how the processes of displacement and assimilation today resemble those of the 19th century as the state and corporations scramble for Innu lands. While nation building, capitalism and industrialisation are shown to have undermined indigenous peoples' wellbeing, the values that guide societies like the Innu are very much alive. The book ends by showcasing how ideas and land-based activities of indigenous groups in Canada and the US are being maintained and recast as ways to address the attack on cultural diversity and move forward to more positive futures.

Contents:

Preface: "Things to teach you of a world you do not know"

All is not lost

The march of civilisation

Egalitarianism to capitalism

Nature and nation-building

Caribou to chubby chicken

Western diseases

Land-based revitalisation.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-912250-39-X