Blockades and Resistance
Studies in Actions of Peace and the Temagami Blockades of 1988-89
David T McNab editor Ute Lischke editor Bruce Hodgins editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Published:30th Jan '03
Should be back in stock very soon
Ten years ago Canada witnessed one of the most disturbing incidents in its history -- the armed occupation at Oka. After Oka came Ipperwash and Burnt Church. Yet relatively little has been written on the Aboriginal resistance movements and very little has changed in Canada for Aboriginal people. The goal of this book is to help amend these conditions. Part One focuses on the experiences of participants, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal, in the Temagami blockades in 1988-1989 as well as to a lesser degree in Oka in 1990. In Part Two, themes of resistance are reviewed in their historical context and examples from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are analyzed to develop those themes. Part Three analyzes contemporary aspects of resistance, including resistance in the justice system, the courts and Aboriginal title, education, language, and literature. If we are to avoid a repetition of these events, we need to know more about them, about Aboriginal people, and about their relationships with non-Aboriginal people. Blockades and Resistance evokes strong memories of the Temagami and Oka blockades, but also provides us with realistic views and practical applications. It is essential reading for all Canadians who seek to understand the causes of these blockades and the deep roots of Aboriginal peoples' resistance movements in Canada.
``By making connections between the Temagami protest and others that have happened over the last decade, Oka and Burnt Church for example, the editors of this volume lay down a foundation on which a discussion about Native resistance may be built....The reader will gain a great deal from the many perspectives on the continued resistance of Natives and their continued struggle to have their voices heard in the national and provincial discourses in Canada.'' -- Hans A. Carlson, University of Maine -- American Review of Canadian Studies, 200409
``Blockades and Resistance comprises an interesting and informative mix of essays.'' -- J.R. Miller -- Canadian Book Review Annual, 2006, 200702
``Blockades and Resistance not only highlights examples of Aboriginal efforts at establishing peaceful relations but is, in itself, a vehicle of peace because its primary function is to educate its readers, to explain why and how Aboriginal resistance occurs.'' -- Jean L. Manore, Bishop's University -- Canadian Historical Review, 85:3, September 2004, 200409
``Particularly useful in this collection are the writings, opinions and reflections of TAA [Teme-Augama Anishnabai] elders and leaders on the Red Squirrel Blockade and earlier times when the TAA were sufficient....Blockades and Resistance offers insight into an issue that will not disappear any time soon.'' -- David Calverley -- University of Toronto Quarterly, Letters in Canada 2004, 200606
ISBN: 9780889203815
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 9525mm
Weight: 630g
256 pages