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Table of Contents:
Foreword by Pete Seeger Preface Acknowledgement The Cast of Characters Maps Cree and Inuit Places Mentioned The Odeyak's Journey from Ottawa to Vermont The Odeyak in New York 1. Manhattan Transfer - The Big Apple - Pier 26 and Battery Park - Earth Day - Times Square - Visiting the Shinnecocks - Goose Break 2. Building the Odeyak - The Place to Which the Whales Come - Returning the Gift - The Healing Vessel - The Boat Builder - Departing Great Whale - Photo Section: The Odeyak Travellers and Their Hosts 3. The Whale and the Seal - Traditional Way of Life - Commonality and Diversity - The Cree of Whapmagoostui - The Inuit of Kuujjuaraapik - A Brief Political History of Ungava - Canadian Boundaries - Native Realities 4. The Bulldozer - James Bay - The James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement - A Sense of Uncertainty - Freshwater Seals 5. A Canadian Wilderness - Over the Ice to Chissasibi - Launching in the Ottawa - Kanesatake - Before the Oka Crisis - In the Mohawk Longhouse 6. Odeyak Discovers Lake Champlain - The Hero Island Schools - Vermont Welcome - Meeting the Governor - The Vermont Public Service Board - Cutting the Goose - The Towns Vote 7. The Clearwater's Blanket - North River Friends - Toshi Seeger - Grandmother of the Hudson - A Springtime Route - Crisis At Glens Falls - At the New York State Capitol - Easter on the Hudson - Last Stop - Yonkers 8. River Talk, Legal Talk - Flyways and Byways - The Moral Equivalent of Famine - The Plea for Peace - The Campaign to Save Great Whale, 1990-1992 - The Battle for James Bay in the Courts 9. The Power and the Glory - Disregard of the Law - Contempt for the First Nations - The Need for American Concern - Hydro Contract Cancelled by New York Governor - On Becoming Fully Responsible - Environmental Assessment Starts - Self-Determination A Post Script, October, 1993 Bibliography Index

About the Author :
Michael Posluns has been writing about First Nations concerns since 1970. In 1973, he co-authored The Fourth World: An Indian Reality with George Manuel. He produced radio documentaries on the Long House Confederacy while working as an assistant editor of Akwesasne Notes . In 1983, he co-authored The First Nations and the Crown: A Study of a Trust Relationship for the House of Commons Special Committee on Indian Self-Government. Peter "Pete" Seeger (May 3, 1919 - January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer and activist.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781550210705
  • Publisher: New Chapter Press,U.S.
  • Publisher Imprint: New Chapter Press,U.S.
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 232
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 155021070X
  • Publisher Date: 14 Oct 1993
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 232
  • Spine Width: 10 mm


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