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Title On the land : confronting the challenges to aboriginal self-determination in Northern Quebec and Labrador / Bruce W. Hodgins, Kerry A. Cannon, editors
Published Toronto : Betelguese Books, ©1995

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps
Contents Preface; ABORIGINAL VOICES; Maps; VIEWS FROM OUTSIDE; Contributors; Bibliography; Index
Summary It is from the land that the Native peoples of Canada draw their strength. If the people of Quebec claim a right to sovereignty, Inuit of Quebec argue their right of self-determination empowers them with the choice to remain part of Quebec, of Canada or to secede on their own. The James Bay Cree consider Hydro Quebec's "mad plans to engineer and dam the vast ecosystem" where they have lived for centuries an affront to their own right to control their land. The Labrador Innu are struggling with both the federal and provincial governments to protect their traditional hunting territories from threat
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Indians of North America -- Québec (Province) -- Territoire-du-Nouveau-Québec -- Politics and government
Indians of North America -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador -- Politics and government
Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Québec (Province) -- Territoire-du-Nouveau-Québec
Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador
Indians of North America -- Canada -- Government relations.
Inuit -- Québec (Province) -- Territoire-du-Nouveau-Québec -- Politics and government
Inuit -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Québec (Province) -- Territoire-du-Nouveau-Québec
Inuit -- Canada -- Government relations
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
Indians of North America -- Government relations
Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Indians of North America -- Politics and government
Inuit -- Government relations
Inuit -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Inuit -- Politics and government
Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador
Québec -- Nord-du-Québec
Form Electronic book
Author Hodgins, Bruce W., 1931-
Cannon, Kerry A., 1966-
Frost Centre for Canadian Heritage and Development Studies.
ISBN 9781554882533
1554882532
9781459713710
1459713710