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Native peoples and water rights : irrigation, dams, and the law in western Canada /
Economic developments in irrigation, agriculture, and hydroelectric power generation in western Canada at the turn of the last century challenged the way Native peoples had traditionally managed the watershed environment. Facing rapidly expanding provincial and federal power as well as private indus...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Montreal [Que.] :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
©2009
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| Series: | McGill-Queen's native and northern series ;
55. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: culture, colonialism, and reclaiming Indigenous waters
- A water rights culture and Native farmers in the North American West
- The struggle for power over Native water rights in British Columbia
- An anatomy of water conflicts : the Secwepemc and settlers in the British Columbia dry belt
- Irrigating with Indigenous waters in the treaty 7 region
- Hydroelectric dams and Native waterpower rights : a Stoney Nakoda case
- Conclusion: rediscovering Indigenous water rights history.