Defending the Land: Sovereignty and Forest Life in James Bay Cree Society (2nd Edition)

The campaign of the Cree people to protect their forest way of life from the impact of hydro-electric development in northern Quebec has been widely-documented. Few have heard in any detail the outcome of this campaign and what it means for the indigenous societies' futures. This text gives equal attention to the Cree leadership's successful strategies for addressing major social and environmental pressures, with the forces of acculturation and native communities' social destruction. The titles in the Cultural Survival Studies in Ethnicity and Change series, edited by David Maybury-Lewis and Theodore Macdonald, Jr. of Cultural Survival, Inc., Harvard University, focus on key issues affecting indigenous and ethnic groups worldwide. Each ethnography builds on introductory material by going further in-depth and allowing students to explore, virtually first-hand, a particular issue and its impact on a culture. Suitable for both introductory anthropology and upper-division courses in cultural anthropologyThe campaign of the Cree people to protect their forest culture from the impact of hydro-electric development in northern Quebec has been widely-documented. Few have heard in any detail about this campaign's outcome and impact upon indigenous societies'futures. This text gives equal attention to the Cree leadership's successful strategies for dealing with major social and environmental pressures with the forces of acculturation and native communities'social destruction.The titles in the Cultural Survival Studies in Ethnicity and Change series, edited by David Maybury-Lewis and Theodore Macdonald, Jr. of Cultural Survival, Inc., Harvard University, focus on key issues affecting indigenous and ethnic groups worldwide. Each ethnography builds on introductory material by going further in-depth and allowing students to explore, virtually first-hand, a particular issue and its impact on a culture. « The ethnographies in the Cultural Survival Studies in Ethnicity and Change series, edited by David Maybury-Lewis and Theodore Macdonald, Jr., of Cultural Survival, Inc., Harvard University, focus on key issues affecting indigenous and ethnic groups worldwide. Each title builds on introductory material by going further in-depth and allowing students to explore, virtually first-hand, a particular issue and its impact on a culture. Paperback and brief, each ethnography is written in a clear, accessible style for both students and the general reader. » -- Quatrième de couverture "The ethnographies in the Cultural Survival Studies in Ethnicity and Change series, edited by David Maybury-Lewis and Theodore Macdonald, Jr., of Cultural Survival, Inc., Harvard University, focus on key issues affecting indigenous and ethnic groups worldwide. Each title builds on introductory material by going further in-depth and allowing students to explore, virtually first-hand, a particular issue and its impact on a culture. Paperback and brief, each ethnography is written in a clear, accessible style for both students and the general reader."--BOOK JACKET A01_NIEZ1085_02_SE_FM-ebook......Page 1 M01_NIEZ1085_02_SE_C01-ebook......Page 15 M02_NIEZ1085_02_SE_C02-ebook......Page 23 M03_NIEZ1085_02_SE_C03-ebook......Page 41 M04_NIEZ1085_02_SE_C04-ebook......Page 61 M05_NIEZ1085_02_SE_C05-ebook......Page 75 M06_NIEZ1085_02_SE_C06-ebook......Page 97 M07_NIEZ1085_02_SE_C07-ebook......Page 113 Z01_NIEZ1085_02_SE_EPIL-ebook......Page 117 Z02_NIEZ1085_02_SE_REF-ebook......Page 129