Battle Grounds - The Canadian Military and Aboriginal Lands

Informationen zum Autor P. Whitney Lackenbauer is an assistant professor in the Department of History at St. Jerome's University Klappentext P. Whitney Lackenbauer is an assistant professor in the Department of History at St. Jerome¿s University Zusammenfassung Using a case study approach! this work explores how the Canadian military came to use Aboriginal lands for training purposes! how negotiations over the use of those lands revealed the evolving relationship between Aboriginal groups and the government! and how the growth of Aboriginal assertiveness and activism has affected the land rights issue. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceIntroduction1 A Road to Nowhere? The Search for Sites in British Columbia, 1907-302 Governmental Uncertainty: The Militia and the Sarcee Reserve, 1908-393 "Pay No Attention to Sero": Imperial Flying Training at Tyendinaga, 1917-184 The Thin Edge of a Wedge? The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan and Aboriginal Lands, 1940-455 Combined Operation: Creating Camp Ipperwash, 1942-456 The Cold War at Cold Lake: The Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range, 1951-657 Into the Driver's Seat? The Department of National Defence and the Sarcee Band, 1945-828 Renegotiating Relationships: Competing Claims in the 1970s and 1980s9 Closing Out the Century ReflectionsAppendicesNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

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• Authors: P. Whitney Lackenbauer
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2008
• EAN: 9780774813167
• ISBN: 978-0-7748-1316-7
• No. of pages: 350
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Studies in Canadian Military History; Studies in Canadian Military H; Studies in Canadian Military History Series; Studies in Canadian Military History; Studies in Canadian Military H
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