Battle grounds : the Canadian military and Aboriginal lands

Type

Book

Authors

P. Whitney Lackenbauer ( Lackenbauer, P. Whitney )

ISBN 10

0774813164

ISBN 13

9780774813167

Tags

First Nations reservations -- Canada -- History -- 20th century, Military education -- Canada -- History -- 20th century, Canada -- Military history -- 20th century, Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Claims -- History -- 20th century, Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Claims, Indigenous peoples -- Claims, Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Government relations, Indigenous peoples -- Government relations, Indigenous peoples -- Land tenure -- Canada, Indigenous peoples -- Land tenure

Abstract

"Base closures, use of airspace for weapons testing and low-level flying, environmental awareness, and Aboriginal land claims have focused attention in recent years on the use of Native lands for military training. But is the military's interest in Aboriginal lands new? Battle Grounds analyzes a century of government-Aboriginal interaction and negotiation to explore how the Canadian military came to use Aboriginal lands for training. It examines what the process reveals about the larger and evolving relationship between governments and Native communities, and how increasing Aboriginal assertiveness and activism have affected the issue.

Battle Grounds will appeal to those in military history, Native studies, and historical geography, as well as to general readers interested in military and aboriginal affairs."--Amazon.

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