Dishonour of the Crown

By (author): Paula Sherman

Introduction by: Leanne Simpson

The territory of the Omàmìwinini (Algonquin) peoples of southern Ontario is rich with natural resources. Yet for more than four centuries, the Algonquin have been economically and politically marginalized, while corporate and foreign interests profited from their land. In 2006, one community discovered that 26,000 acres had been staked for uranium exploration-land they never surrendered to the Crown through any treaty or negotiations. Facing a development process that included no consultation nor environmental assessment the Algonquin people began working with a broad-based coalition to oppose the project. The government and the exploration company have never provided scientific or scholarly evidence that the uranium project is safe. The community began telling its side of the story and conducting its own research–some of which you are holding in your hands.

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Paula Sherman

Dr. Paula Sherman is Omàmìwinini and Family Head on Ka-Pishkawandemin, the traditional Council from Ardoch. She is also an assistant professor in Indigenous Studies at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario.

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Sherman’s Dishonour The Crown is an impassioned description of one community’s unfinished battle. It is also an important contribution to the ongoing debate about the nuclear component of Ontario’s new Green Energy Act and should be read by anyone with an investment in our shared future.


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Dimensions:

84 Pages
6.90in * 5.00in * .30in
100.00gr
.16lb

Published:

November 15, 2008

Publisher:

ARP Books

ISBN:

9781894037365

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Non-Fiction

Language:

eng

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