Richardson, a filmmaker who has spent 25 years documenting aboriginal life in Canada, describes aboriginal people in communities across the country, and documents prejudiced policies that, since the first days of the European invasion, have affected the aboriginal people. He discusses colonial policies, the Indian Act, and groups such as the Mikmaqs, Algonquins, and Ojibway. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

People of Terra Nullius: Betrayal and Rebirth in Aboriginal Canada

History

Richardson, Boyce

Americas

Univ of Washington Pr

First published in 1974, Strangers Devour the Land is recognized as the magnum opus among the numerous books, articles, and films produced by Boyce Richardson over two decades on the subject of indigenous people. Its subject, the long struggle of the Crees of James Bay in northern Quebec—a hunting and trapping people—to defend the territories they have occupied since time immemorial, came to international attention in 1972 when they tried by legal action to stop the immense hydro-electric project the provincial government was proposing to build around them.     The Crees argued that the integrity of their vast wilderness was essential to their way of life, but the authorities dismissed such claims out of hand. Richardson, who sat through many months of the trial, mingles the scientific and Cree testimony given in court with his own interviews of Cree hunters, and experiences in gathering information and shooting films, to produce a classic tale of cultures in collision.     In a new preface, he reveals that the Crees—now receiving immense sums of money as compensation for the loss of their lands—appear to be doing well, and to be in the process of joining modern, technological culture, while retaining the spiritual base of their traditional lives. Meanwhile, Hydro-Quebec continues to eye additional rivers on the Cree’s lands for new dams.

Strangers devour the land: A chronicle of the assault upon the last coherent hunting culture in North America, the Cree Indians of northern Quebec, and their vast primeval homelands

Science & Math

Earth Sciences

Knopf: distributed by Random House

CREE HUNTERS OF THE JAMES BAY AREA VERSUS PREMIER BOURASSA AND THE JAMES BAY DEVELOPMENT CORP.

Strangers devour the land: The Cree hunters of the James Bay area versus Premier Bourassa and the James Bay Development Corporation

Macmillan of Canada

Reviews the Cree Indians' struggle with the government and electric company over the damming of rivers and the confiscation of their hunting grounds, and looks at how their culture has changed from a nature-based one to a politically embroiled one

Strangers Devour the Land: A Chronicle of the Assault upon the Last Coherent Hunting Culture in North America, the Cree Indians of Northern Quebec, and Their Vast Primeval

Chelsea Green Pub. Co

People of Terra Nullius: Betrayal and Rebirth in Aboriginal North America

Douglas&McIntyre

People of Terra Nullius

Douglas & McIntyre, Limited

First published in 1974, Strangers Devour the Land is recognized as the magnum opus among the numerous books, articles, and films produced by Boyce Richardson over two decades on the subject of indigenous people. Its subject, the long struggle of the Crees of James Bay in northern Quebec—a hunting and trapping people—to defend the territories they have occupied since time immemorial, came to international attention in 1972 when they tried by legal action to stop the immense hydro-electric project the provincial government was proposing to build around them. The Crees argued that the integrity of their vast wilderness was essential to their way of life, but the authorities dismissed such claims out of hand. Richardson, who sat through many months of the trial, mingles the scientific and Cree testimony given in court with his own interviews of Cree hunters, and experiences in gathering information and shooting films, to produce a classic tale of cultures in collision. In a new preface, he reveals that the Crees—now receiving immense sums of money as compensation for the loss of their lands—appear to be doing well, and to be in the process of joining modern, technological culture, while retaining the spiritual base of their traditional lives. Meanwhile, Hydro-Quebec continues to eye additional rivers on the Cree’s lands for new dams.

Strangers Devour the Land

Chelsea Green Publishing

Memoirs of a Media Maverick is an insider's critical account of the modern media. Richardson tells the intriguing story of his travels as a journalist and filmmaker in New Zealand, Australia, India, Britain, and Canada.A prolific author and film director, Richardson's work has focused on Aboriginal peoples, the environment and human rights. His films, including Cree Hunters of the Mistassini, have won many awards.

Memoirs of a Media Maverick

Business & Money

Between the Lines

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