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Author:

Matsui, Ken'ichi, 1969- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2009167643

Title:

Native peoples and water rights : irrigation, dams, and the law in western Canada / Kenichi Matsui.

Publisher:

McGill-Queen's University Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xviii, 243 pages : illustrations, maps, plan, portraits ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Water rights--British Columbia--History.
Water rights--Alberta--History.
Indians of North America--History.--Canada, Western--History.
Irrigation laws--Canada, Western--History.
Dams--History.--Canada, Western--History.
Agriculture and state--Canada, Western--History.
Indians of North America--British Columbia--History.
Indians of North America--Alberta--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-228) and index.

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.

Series:

McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 55

ISBN:

0773535349
9780773535343
0773535217
9780773535213

OCLC:

(OCoLC)276644354

LCCN:

2010286129

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)