Description
Book SynopsisAn examination of the struggle for identity and nationhood among non-status Algonquin during the negotiation of a major comprehensive land claim.
Trade ReviewA good case study of a people that have been too rarely discussed and too often misunderstood. Recommended. * CHOICE, Vol. 50 No. 05 *
Table of ContentsPreface
Introduction
Abbreviations and Definitions Relating to the Land Claim
Part 1: Algonquin Survival and Resurgence in the Ottawa River Watershed
1 Algonquin Diplomacy, Resistance, and Dispossession
2 The Fracturing of the Algonquin Homeland
3 Aboriginal Title and the Comprehensive Claims Process
4 The Algonquin Land Claim
5 Reclaiming Algonquin Identity
Part 2: Algonquin Communities in the Mississippi, Rideau, and Lower Madawaska River Watersheds 6 The Development of Ardoch Algonquin First Nation
7 The Effect of the Land Claim in the Region
8 Uranium Resistance: Defending the Land
Part 3: Algonquin Communities in the Watershed of the Bonnechere and Petawawa Rivers
9 The Bonnechere Algonquin Communities and Greater Golden Lake
10 Perspectives from Pikwakanagan
Part 4: Algonquin Communities in the Upper Madawaska and York River Watersheds
11 The Upper Madawaska River Communities: Whitney, Madewaska, and Sabine
12 The People of Kijicho Manitou: Baptiste Lake and Bancroft
Part 5: From Mattawa to Ottawa – Algonquin Communities Along the Kichi Sibi
13 Algonquin Communities along the Ottawa River
Part 6: Conclusion
14 Algonquin Identity and Nationhood
Notes
Bibliography
Index
