Earth, water, air and fire : studies in Canadian ethnohistory / David T. McNab, editor, for Nin.Da.Waab.Jig.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McNab, David, 1947-

Nin.Da.Waab.Jig (Group)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Canada--Congresses.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Canada--Government relations--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (349 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Presents papers from a May 1994 conference. Part I provides two Aboriginal perspectives on the meaning of the four elements and on Aboriginal art. Parts II-V relate the history of the regions of Bkejwanong, Atlantic Canada, Ontario, and the North.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I: Aboriginal Perspectives""; ""1. Bkejwanong�""The Place Where the Waters Divide"": A Perspective on Earth, Water, Air and Fire""; ""2. Art and Amerindian Worldviews""; ""Part II: Bkejwanong Territory""; ""3. ""Water Is Her Life Blood"": The Waters of Bkejwanong and the Treaty-Making Process""; ""4. ""Under the Earth"": The Expropriation and Attempted Sale of the Oil and Gas Rights of the Walpole Island""; ""5. The Reverend Simpson Brigham (1875-1926): The Worlds of Henry Ford and Simpson Brigham Collide""

""Part III: Mi'kma'ki and the Mi'kmaq Nation""""6. Mi'kmaq Fishing in the Maritimes: A Historical Overview""; ""7. ""We Cannot Work Without Food"": Nova Scotia Indian Policy and Mi'kmaq Agriculture, 1783-1867""; ""8. Glooscap Encounters Silas T. Rand: A Baptist Missionary on the Folkloric Fringe""; ""Part IV: Ontario: History, Law and Sovereignty""; ""9. Colonizing a People: Mennonite Settlement in Waterloo Township""; ""10. The Six Nations Confederacy, Aboriginal Sovereignty and Ontario Aboriginal Law: 1790-1860""

""11. The Uses and Abuses of Power in Two Ontario Residential Schools: The Mohawk Institute and Mount Elgin""""12. The Crown Domain and the Self-Governing Presence in Northern Ontario""; ""PartV: The North, Gender and Aboriginal Governance""; ""13. Some Comments upon the Marked Differences in the Representations of Chipewyan Women in Samuel Hearne's Field Notes and His Published Journal""; ""14. Is This Apartheid? Aboriginal Reserves and Self-Government in Canada, 1960-82""; ""15. The Sechelt and Nunavut Agreements: Evolutionary and Revolutionary Approaches to Self-Government""

""Retrospect""""A Meeting Ground of Earth, Water, Air and Fire""; ""Contributors""; ""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""; ""Z""

Notes:

Proceedings of a conference held May 12-14, 1994, in Bkejwanong, Ont.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Earth, water, air and fire.

ISBN:

1-280-92506-X

9786610925063

0889206929

OCLC:

1245678733