Fort Chipewyan and the shaping of Canadian history, 1788-1920s : we like to be free in this country

Type

Book

Authors

Patricia Alice McCormack ( McCormack, Patricia Alice )

ISBN 10

0774816694

ISBN 13

9780774816694

Tags

Alberta, Fur trade, Fort Chipewyan (Alta.) -- History, Fort Chipewyan (Alta.), Fur trade -- Alberta -- History, Indigenous peoples -- Alberta -- Fort Chipewyan -- History, Indigenous peoples -- Alberta -- History, Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Government relations, Indigenous peoples -- Government relations

Abstract

"The story of the expansion of civilization into the wilderness continues to shape perceptions of how Aboriginal people became part of nations such as Canada. Patricia McCormack subverts this narrative of modernity by examining nation building from the perspective of a northern community and its residents. Fort Chipewyan, she argues, was never an isolated Aboriginal community but a plural society at the crossroads of global, national, and local forces. By tracing the events that led its Aboriginal residents to sign Treaty No. 8 and their struggle to maintain autonomy thereafter, this groundbreaking study shows that Aboriginal peoples and others can and have become modern without relinquishing cherished beliefs and practices."--Amazon.

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