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This digital document is an article from Canadian Parliamentary Review, published by Canadian Parliamentary Association on December 22, 2009. The length of the article is 732 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: With the People Who Live there: The History of the Yukon Legislature 1909-1961.(Book review)
Author: Gary Levy
Publication: Canadian Parliamentary Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 22, 2009
Publisher: Canadian Parliamentary Association
Volume: 32Issue: 4Page: 36(1)

Article Type: Book review

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Barely a 150 years have passed since the first white people arrived at the upper Yukon River basin. During this time many non-natives have come and gone and some have stayed. This work examines the interaction between native people and whites, from the arrival of the fur traders through the fundamental changes following the Second World War, in terms of social contact, economic relations, and church and government policies. The indigenous population, Coates stresses, has not been passive in the face of expansion by whites. He argues that native people have played a major role in shaping the history of the region and determining the relationship with the immigrant population. They recognized the conflict between the material and technological advantages of an imposed economic order and the desire to maintain a harvesting existence. While they readily accepted technological innovations, they resisted the imposition of an industrial, urban environment. Contemporary land claims show their long-standing attachment to the land and demonstrate a continued, assertive response to non-Native intervention. ... Read more

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Reshaping Economic Geography in East Asia, a companion volume to the World Development Report 2009, brings together noted scholars to address the spatial distribution of economic growth in Asia. It reveals how the new economic geography is reshaping development objectives: from initiatives to foster growth via enhanced agglomeration and connectivity to the world economy, to programs that channel resources to lagging regions. Key themes include how East Asian governments have dealt with agglomeration economies, urbanization, and regional disparities; improving connectivity with infrastructure investments; and eliminating barriers both inside and outside borders to favor the movement of labor, goods, and services.This volume will be of great interest to readers working in the areas of economic policy, poverty reduction and urban-rural development strategies, and transport-led infrastructure policy. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Windspeaker, published by Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta (AMMSA) on May 1, 2009. The length of the article is 346 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Raven's Eye: special section providing news from BC & Yukon.(RAVEN'S EYE)(Maa-nulth agreement)
Author: Unavailable
Publication: Windspeaker (Newsletter)
Date: May 1, 2009
Publisher: Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta (AMMSA)
Volume: 27Issue: 2Page: 14(1)

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Premier of Yukon (or unofficially, the Premier of the Yukon) is the first minister for the Canadian territory of Yukon. They are the territory's head of government and de facto chief executive, although their powers are considerably smaller than that of a provincial premier. From 1978 to 1990 and from 1992 to 1996, the term Government Leader was used instead. Tony Penikett chose to change the title to "Premier" amid some controversy. His successor, John Ostashek, returned to the "Government Leader". The current Premier of the Yukon is Dennis Fentie. Yukon /ˈjuːkɒn/ or the Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich'in. The territory's capital is Whitehorse. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Revue parlementaire canadienne, published by Canadian Parliamentary Association on June 22, 2010. The length of the article is 5249 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Les Premieres nations autonomes du Yukon.
Author: Marian C. Horne
Publication: Revue parlementaire canadienne (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 2010
Publisher: Canadian Parliamentary Association
Volume: 33Issue: 2Page: 2(6)

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This digital document is an article from Windspeaker, published by Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta (AMMSA) on August 1, 2009. The length of the article is 479 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Island park receives a royal name.(Raven's Eye: Special Section providing news from BC & Yukon)(Muqin/Brooks Peninsula Provincial Park)
Author: Unavailable
Publication: Windspeaker (Newsletter)
Date: August 1, 2009
Publisher: Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta (AMMSA)
Volume: 27Issue: 5Page: 18(1)

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Based on three years of ethnographic research in the Yukon , this book examines contemporary efforts to restructure the relationship between aboriginal peoples and the state in Canada. Although it is widely held that land claims and co-management --two of the most visible and celebrated elements of this restructuring -- will help reverse centuries of inequity, this book challenges this conventional wisdom, arguing that land claims and co-management may be less empowering for First Nation peoples than is often supposed. The book examines the complex relationship between the people of Kluane First Nation, the land and animals, and the state. It shows that Kluane human-animal relations are at least partially incompatible with Euro-Canadian notions of "property" and "knowledge." Yet, these concepts form the conceptual basis for land claims and co-management, respectively. As a result, these processes necessarily end up taking for granted -- and so helping to reproduce -- existing power relations. First Nation peoples' participation in land claim negotiations and co-management have forced them -- at least in some contexts -- to adopt Euro-Canadian perspectives toward the land and animals. They have been forced to develop bureaucratic infrastructures for interfacing with the state, and they have had to become bureaucrats themselves, learning to speak and act in uncharacteristic ways. Thus, land claims and co-management have helped undermine the very way of life they are supposed to be protecting.

This book speaks to critical issues in contemporary anthropology, First Nation law, and resource management. It moves beyond conventional models of colonialism, in which the state is treated as a monolithic entity, and instead explores how "state power" is reproduced through everyday bureaucratic practices -- including struggles over the production and use of knowledge. The book will be of interest to anthropologists and others studying the nature of aboriginal-state relations in Canada and elsewhere, as well as those interested in developing an "ethnography of the state." ... Read more

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What we can learn when we take other people's ideas seriously
Nadasdy spent several years in the Yukon living with Kluane People. He lived in a cabin in town and he lived out of the land with them. He attended land claims meetings and other meetings on co-management issues, for example related to issues of conserving numbers of Dall sheep in the area. He describes how Canadian First Nations people are required to bureaucratize themselves in order to even start to engage with the Canadian state in various key fights. Thus, the title refers to two conflicting roles held by Indians/First Nations people, sometimes the same person.

The book is very tightly argued, and sometimes the theoretical points Nadasdy is making can be challenging for beginning students or non-anthropologists. However, he does write in a clear, accessible manner. Reading this book may get you interested in reading other anthropology gems, too. I heartily recommend this book to anyone interested in hunters, northern First Nations/Aboriginal peoples, indigenous rights movements, theories of the state, and theories of knowlege and 'traditional ecological knowledge'. ... Read more