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In 1992, the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan, the only federallyrecognized Algonquin reserve in Ontario, launched a comprehensive landclaim. The action not only drew attention to the fact that Canada hadacquired Algonquin land without negotiating a treaty, but it alsofocused attention on the two-thirds of Algonquins who have never beenrecognized as Indian. Fractured Homeland is BonitaLawrence's stirring account of how the claim forced federallyunrecognized Algonquin in Ontario to confront both the issue of theirown identity and the failure of Algonquin leaders - who launchedthe claim - to develop a more inclusive vision of nationhood.…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
In 1992, the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan, the only federallyrecognized Algonquin reserve in Ontario, launched a comprehensive landclaim. The action not only drew attention to the fact that Canada hadacquired Algonquin land without negotiating a treaty, but it alsofocused attention on the two-thirds of Algonquins who have never beenrecognized as Indian. Fractured Homeland is BonitaLawrence's stirring account of how the claim forced federallyunrecognized Algonquin in Ontario to confront both the issue of theirown identity and the failure of Algonquin leaders - who launchedthe claim - to develop a more inclusive vision of nationhood.
Autorenporträt
Bonita Lawrence (Mi¿kmaw) teaches Indigenous studies at York University. She is the author of ¿Real¿ Indians and Others: Mixed-Blood Urban Native People and Indigenous Nationhood (2004).