Courtney W Mason

Spirits of the Rockies

Reasserting an Indigenous Presence in Banff National Park

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Produktbeschreibung

Courtney W. Mason examines how the Nakoda peoples strategically used the Banff Indian Days festivals to gain access to their sacred lands and respond to colonial policies designed to repress their cultures.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781442626683
• ISBN-10: 1442626682
• Artikelnr.: 41958037

Autorenporträt

Courtney W. Mason is a postdoctoral research fellow with the Indigenous Health Research Group at the University of Ottawa.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Theorizing Power Relations in Colonial Histories
2. Colonial Encounters: Treaty 7, Missionaries, and the Constraints of the
Reserve System
3. The Repression of Indigenous Subsistence Practices in Rocky Mountains
Park
4. Sporting and Tourism Festivals: Representations of Indigenous Peoples
5. Rethinking the Banff Indian Days as Critical Spaces of Cultural Exchange
6. Looking Back and Pushing Ahead