Rupture of the Ties That Bind: Lubicon Lake Cree Women and Their Society
Theses
Author/Creator
Rosemary Margaret Brown
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 1990.
Introduction and documents that trace the three year campaign by the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs against the Meech Lake Accord.
Speakers discuss how the Act has defined the government's and Crown's relationship with First Nations peoples; how it has impeded development of communities; and how fundamental changes are needed to give First Nations' control over governance and the ability to develop mechanisms to improve access to capital.
Duration: 1:09:15.
For use with the virtual exhibition Why Treaties Matter.