University of British Columbia Press
Fractured Homeland
Federal Recognition and Algonquin Identity in Ontario
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Fractured Homeland
Federal Recognition and Algonquin Identity in Ontario
In 1992, the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan, the only federally recognized Algonquin reserve in Ontario, launched a comprehensive land claim. The action not only drew attention to the fact that Canada had acquired Algonquin land without negotiating a treaty, but it also focused attention on the two-thirds of Algonquins who have never been recognized as Indian. Fractured Homeland is Bonita Lawrence’s stirring account of how the claim forced federally unrecognized Algonquin in Ontario to confront both the issue of their own identity and the failure of Algonquin leaders – who launched the claim – to develop a more inclusive vision of nationhood.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Abbreviations and Definitions Relating to the Land Claim
Part 1: Algonquin Survival and Resurgence in the Ottawa River Watershed
1 Algonquin Diplomacy, Resistance, and Dispossession
2 The Fracturing of the Algonquin Homeland
3 Aboriginal Title and the Comprehensive Claims Process
4 The Algonquin Land Claim
5 Reclaiming Algonquin Identity
Part 2: Algonquin Communities in the Mississippi, Rideau, and Lower Madawaska River Watersheds6 The Development of Ardoch Algonquin First Nation
7 The Effect of the Land Claim in the Region
8 Uranium Resistance: Defending the Land
Part 3: Algonquin Communities in the Watershed of the Bonnechere and Petawawa Rivers
9 The Bonnechere Algonquin Communities and Greater Golden Lake
10 Perspectives from Pikwakanagan
Part 4: Algonquin Communities in the Upper Madawaska and York River Watersheds
11 The Upper Madawaska River Communities: Whitney, Madewaska, and Sabine
12 The People of Kijicho Manitou: Baptiste Lake and Bancroft
Part 5: From Mattawa to Ottawa – Algonquin Communities Along the Kichi Sibi
13 Algonquin Communities along the Ottawa River
Part 6: Conclusion
14 Algonquin Identity and Nationhood
Notes
Bibliography
Index