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| ISBN: | 0774816694
9780774816694
9780774816700
0774816708
1283335328
9781283335324
0774816686
9780774816687
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| Digital file characteristics: | data file
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-364) and index.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | "The story of the expansion of European civilization into the wilderness continues to shape perceptions of how Aboriginal people became part of nations such as Canada. This groundbreaking study subverts this narrative of progress and modernity by examining Canadian nation building from the perspective of a northern community and its residents.
Drawing on decades of research and fieldwork, Patricia McCormack argues that Fort Chipewyan - established in 1788 and situated in present-day Alberta - was never an isolated Aboriginal community but a plural society that stood at the crossroads of global, national, and indigenous cultures and economies. The steps that led Aboriginal people to sign Treaty No. 8 and accept scrip in 1899 and their struggle to maintain autonomy in the decades that followed reveal that Aboriginal peoples and others can - and have - become modern without relinquishing cherished beliefs and practices."--Pub. desc
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| Other form: | Print version: Mccormack, Patricia A. Fort chipewyan and hte shaping of canadian history, 1788-1920s. Vancouver : Univ Of Brit Columbia Pr, 2011 0774816694
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