Dammed

The Politics of Loss and Survival in Anishinaabe Territory
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-0-88755-915-0
Verlag: University of Manitoba Press

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 517 g

Reihe: Critical Studies in Native History

Dammed: The Politics of Loss and Survival in Anishinaabe Territory explores Canada's hydroelectric boom in the Lake of the Woods area. It complicates narratives of increasing affluence in postwar Canada, revealing that the inverse was true for Indigenous communities along the Winnipeg River.

Dammed makes clear that hydroelectric generating stations were designed to serve settler populations. Governments and developers excluded the Anishinabeg from planning and operations and failed to consider how power production might influence the health and economy of their communities. By so doing, Canada and Ontario thwarted a future that aligned with the terms of treaty, a future in which both settlers and the Anishinabeg might thrive in shared territories.The same hydroelectric development that powered settler communities flooded manomin fields, washed away roads, and compromised fish populations. Anishinaabe families responded creatively to manage the government-sanctioned environmental change and survive the resulting economic loss. Luby reveals these responses to dam development,inviting readers to consider how resistance might be expressed by individuals and families, and across gendered and generational lines. Luby weaves text, testimony, and experience together, grounding this historical work in the territory of her paternal ancestors, lands she calls home. With evidence drawn from archival material, oral history, and environmental observation, Dammed invites readers to confront Canadian colonialism in the twentieth century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Luby, Brittany

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft Wasserwirtschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction: Looking Out from Anishinaabe Territory
- Chapter 1 By Water We Inhabit This Place
- Chapter 2 Rising River, Receding Access
- Chapter 3 Power Lost and Power Gained
- Chapter 4 Labouring to Keep the Reserve Alive
- Chapter 5 Waste Accumulation in a Changed River
- Chapter 6 Mother Work and Managing Environmental Change
- Conclusion: So That Our Next Generation Will Know

Über Autor(innen)

Brittany Luby is an award-winning historian at the University of Guelph. Her writing - both academic and creative - is intended to draw attention to social inequities in what is now known as Canada and to empower readers to envision alternate futures.