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Native Peoples and Water RightsIrrigation, Dams, and the Law in Western Canada |
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The first in-depth, interdisciplinary study of Native water rights issues in Canada.
Economic developments in irrigation, agriculture, and hydroelectric power generation in western Canada at the turn of the last century challenged the way Native peoples had traditionally managed the watershed environment. Facing rapidly expanding provincial and federal power as well as private industries, Native peoples saw opportunities to protect their self-governing rights and explore reserve-based economy.
Through a combination of field work and archival research, Kenichi Matsui offers an original and pioneering overview of the evolution of water law and agricultural policies in the Canadian west. By incorporating the history of water law philosophies, water development technologies, agricultural policies, and cross-cultural theories, Matsui constructs an interdisciplinary analysis of how both Native peoples and non-native stakeholders struggled for better rights and livelihood through litigation, political campaigns, and direct actions.
The dramatic stories of early cultural, legal, and political conflict in interior British Columbia and Alberta featured in Native Peoples and Water Rights enrich our understanding of current Native rights disputes throughout North America.
Through a combination of field work and archival research, Kenichi Matsui offers an original and pioneering overview of the evolution of water law and agricultural policies in the Canadian west. By incorporating the history of water law philosophies, water development technologies, agricultural policies, and cross-cultural theories, Matsui constructs an interdisciplinary analysis of how both Native peoples and non-native stakeholders struggled for better rights and livelihood through litigation, political campaigns, and direct actions.
The dramatic stories of early cultural, legal, and political conflict in interior British Columbia and Alberta featured in Native Peoples and Water Rights enrich our understanding of current Native rights disputes throughout North America.
Details
Part of the McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern Studies (number 55 in series)
176 Pages, 6 x 9
ISBN 9780773535343
May 2009
Formats: Paperback, eBook
"Native Peoples and Water Rights constitutes a valuable collection of historical case studies that shed light on a category of rights frequently overlooked." Oliver W. MacLaren, Great Plains Research
"Matsui argues convincingly that water has been of unrecognized importance to both agricultural development and property theory, providing the intellectual context in which aboriginal water rights illuminate larger questions related to both water management and human experiences." Shannon Stunden Bower, University of Alberta, H-Water
"An important pioneer study of the history of indigenous water rights in Canada." Ted Binnema, University of Northern British Columbia, Wicazo Sa Review
"Matsui argues convincingly that water has been of unrecognized importance to both agricultural development and property theory, providing the intellectual context in which aboriginal water rights illuminate larger questions related to both water management and human experiences." Shannon Stunden Bower, University of Alberta, H-Water
"An important pioneer study of the history of indigenous water rights in Canada." Ted Binnema, University of Northern British Columbia, Wicazo Sa Review
Kenichi Matsui is assistant professor, sustainable environmental studies, University of Tsukuba.
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