Fractured Homeland: Federal Recognition and Algonquin Identity in Ontario

by Bonita Lawrence

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774822880
• ISBN13: 9780774822886
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"