Brothers: The Politics of Violence among the Sekani of Northern British Columbia

by Guy Lanoue

Overview

A provocative analysis of a nativist movement.The creation of a huge artificial lake in western Canada led to the flooding of prime hunting and trapping territory of the Sekani Indians thus depriving them of their traditional occupations and livelihood. This caused considerable social distress resulting in a drastic increase of alcohol consumption and violence and seriously disrupting social relationships. Some Sekani made efforts to create new ties of solidarity through the adoption of Pan-Indianism however this ideology did not prove effective. The author concludes that their lack of unity stemmed from the same factionalism which characterized their personal relationships.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780854967469
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/11/1992
Series:	Explorations in Anthropology
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Guy Lanoue Universite de Montreal

Table of Contents

Introduction and preliminary considerations; a day at McLeod Lake; population and economy; lower level relationships; political culture and its expressions; band organization in the early historic era; the influence of the fur trade; the politics of land ownership.

Editorial Reviews

... a courageous attempt to produce the results of solid ethnographic research and theoretical interpretation against the tide of current political interests and will, in the long run, prove useful as well as informative to those with a genuine concern for Native political development.” —David Turbaner

From the Publisher

... a courageous attempt to produce the results of solid ethnographic research and theoretical interpretation against the tide of current political interests and will, in the long run, prove useful as well as informative to those with a genuine concern for Native political development.

David Turner