Bruce W. Hodgins

David T. McNab

Ute Lischke

This book provides an understanding of the Aboriginal resistence movement and the armed occupation at Oka. Part one focuses on the experiences of participants, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal, in the Temagami blockades in 1988-89 as well as to a lesser degree, in Oka in 1990. Part Two reviews themes of resistance in their historical context, and examples from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are analyzed to develop those themes. Part three analyzes contemporary aspects of resistence, including resistence in the justice system, the courts and Aboriginal title, education and literature.

Studies in Actions of Peace and the Temagami Blockades of 1988-89

Blockades and Resistance

"Walking a Tightrope plays an important role in the dynamic historical process of ongoing change in the representation of Aboriginal peoples. It locates and examines the multiplicity and distinctiveness of Aboriginal voices and their representations, both as they portray themselves and as others have characterized them. In addition to exploring perspectives and approaches to the representation of Aboriginal peoples, it also looks at Native notions of time (history), land, cultures, identities, and literacies. Until these are understood by non-Aboriginals, Aboriginal people will continue to be misrepresented - both as individuals and as groups."--BOOK JACKET.

Aboriginal People and Their Representations

Walking a Tightrope

Known as “Canada’s forgotten people,” the Métis have long been here, but until 1982 they lacked the legal status of Native people. At that point, however, the Métis were recognized in the constitution as one of Canada’s Aboriginal peoples. A significant addition to Métis historiography, The Long Journey of a Forgotten People includes Métis voices and personal narratives that address the thorny and complicated issue of Métis identity from historical and contemporary perspectives. Topics include eastern Canadian Métis communities; British military personnel and their mixed-blood descendants; life as a Métis woman; and the Métis peoples ongoing struggle for recognition of their rights, including discussion of recent Supreme Court rulings.

Ute Lischke

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