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The Lubicon Lake Nation

Indigenous Knowledge and Power

by (author) Dawn Martin-Hill

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Feb 2008
Category
Cultural
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780802078285
    Publish Date
    Feb 2008
    List Price
    $41.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780802008435
    Publish Date
    Feb 2008
    List Price
    $71.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442690431
    Publish Date
    Feb 2008
    List Price
    $30.95

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Many argue that the Lubicon, a small Cree nation in northern Alberta, have been denied their unalienable right to self-determination by the Canadian government. In a country such as Canada, some see the plight of the Lubicon people as an enduring reminder that certain democratic principles and basic freedoms are still kept from minorities, indigenous groups in particular.The Lubicon Lake Nation strives, through a critique of historically-constructed colonial images, to analyze the Canadian government's actions vis-à-vis the rights of the Lubicon people. Dawn Martin-Hill illustrates the power of indigenous knowledge by contrasting the words, ideas, and self-conceptualizations of the Lubicon with official versions of Lubicon history as documented by the state. In doing so, she offers a genuine sense of the gravity of their lived experiences. By giving voice to the Lubicon, this study seeks to develop an exclusively indigenist framework in which the circumstances facing the people can be described and analyzed more accurately than they can using popular conceptions of native rights as put forth by the government.

The Lubicon Lake Nation is a story of one culture and the pursuit of indigenous rights in Canada as told from the perspective of those who know the situation best, the Lubicon themselves.

About the author

Dawn Martin-Hill is a Mohawk from Six Nations Ontario. She is a cultural anthropologist and academic director of the Indigenous Studies Program at McMaster University.

Dawn Martin-Hill's profile page