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BATTLE GROUNDS
THE CANADIAN MILITARY AND ABORIGINAL LANDS |
| By: |
P. Whitney Lackenbauer |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£87.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0774813156 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780774813150 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
11 December, 2006 |
| Series: |
Studies in Canadian Military History |
| Pages: |
384 |
| Description: |
Examines the evolution of the military's interest in Aboriginal lands and its relationships with communities over the course of the twentieth century. This book explores how the Canadian military came to use Aboriginal lands for training purposes, and how the growth of Aboriginal assertiveness and activism has affected the land rights issue. |
| Synopsis: |
Base closures, use of airspace for weapons testing and low-levelflying, environmental awareness, and Aboriginal land claims havefocused attention in recent years on the use of Native lands formilitary training. But is the military's interest in Aboriginallands new? Battle Grounds analyzes a century ofgovernment-Aboriginal interaction and negotiation to explore howthe Canadian military came to use Aboriginal lands for training. Itexamines what the process reveals about the larger and evolvingrelationship between governments and Native communities, and howincreasing Aboriginal assertiveness and activism have affected theissue. |
| Illustrations: |
20 maps, 32 b&w illustrations |
| Publication: |
Canada |
| Imprint: |
University of British Columbia Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |