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1 online resource (230 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 224) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgement; The Cast of Characters; Maps; 1. Manhattan Transfer; 2. Building the Odeyak; Photo Section: The Odeyak Travellers and Their Hosts; 3. The Whale and the Seal -- Traditional Way of Life; 4. The Bulldozer -- James Bay 1; 5. A Canadian Wilderness; 6. Odeyak Discovers Lake Champlain; 7. The Clearwater's Blanket; 8. River Talk, Legal Talk; 9. The Power and the Glory; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
On April 23, 1990, after a five-week journey from Hudson Bay to the Hudson River, the Odeyak landed at the Battery for Earth Day. Half-Cree, half-Inuit, the 24-foot freighter canoe, plowing across the Manhattan seascape, was a strange small vessel build in the dark Arctic winter to carry a message from two First Nations of the northern wilderness to a reclaiming of Times Square for Mother Earth. Along with the Crees' and the Inuit's hopes and fears for their children and for the future of their river, the Odeyak carried a simple request. The Great Whale Hydroelectric Project, the first part o. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
James Bay Hydroelectric Project -- Citizen participation.
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James Bay Hydroelectric Project. |
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Political participation. |
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Odeyak (Canoe)
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Projet hydro-électrique de la baie James -- Participation des citoyens. |
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Odeyak (Canot) |
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James Bay Hydroelectric Project. |
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Odeyak (Canoe) |
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Projet hydro-électrique de la baie James. |
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Odeyak (Canot) |
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Hydroelectric power plants -- Environmental aspects -- Great Whale River (Québec) -- Citizen participation.
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Hydroelectric power plants -- Environmental aspects. |
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Hydroelectric power plants. |
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Conservation of natural resources -- Great Whale River (Québec) -- Citizen participation.
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Conservation of natural resources. |
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Political participation -- Québec (Province)
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Political participation -- United States.
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United States. |
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Native peoples -- Great Whale River (Québec) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Posluns, Michael. Voices from the Odeyak. Toronto : NC Press, 1993 155021070X 9781550210705 (OCoLC)26803660 |
| ISBN |
9781554883721 electronic book |
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1554883725 electronic book |
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9781459720886 electronic book |
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1459720881 electronic book |
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155021070X |
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9781550210705 |
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