Liberalism, Surveillance, and Resistance : Indigenous Communities in Western Canada, 1877-1927
Alternate Title
[West Unbound: Social and Cultural Studies]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Keith D. Smith
Includes three case studies: Namgis First Nation and the Orca Sand and Gravel Project, Tahltan Iskut First Nation and the Galore Creek Project, and Union of New Brunswick Indians and the Emera Pipeline.
Argues that the Métis were not an impediment to Euro-Canadian development and that their fight to be recognized as a "New Nation" played a significant role in the creation of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Book review of: Paradigm Wars: Indigenous Peoples Resistance to Globalization edited by Jerry Mander and Victoria Tauli-Corpuz.