The People of Sheshatshit: In the Land of the Innu by Mailhot, José

The People of Sheshatshit: In the Land of the Innu (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780919666887)

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The People of Sheshatshit: In the Land of the Innu by Mailhot, José

The People of Sheshatshit: In the Land of the Innu

$24.95
The People of Sheshatshit: In the Land of the Innu by Mailhot, José

The People of Sheshatshit: In the Land of the Innu

$24.95
Format: Hardcover
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The people of Sheshatshit and their fellow Innu attracted world-wide attention with a campaign, waged for several years, against low-level flying exercises conducted over their land by NATO airforces. These Innu have occupied the Lake Melville region since ancient times and have a vast network of relationships throughout Quebec and Labrador. This book describes their social organization and hierarchy, the evolution of Innu speech, kinship and its role in their lives, and how they "occupy" immense territory. Their "territorial battles" are based on their connection with the land and their ideas of sovereignty and responsibility.

Author: José Mailhot
ISBN-10: 0919666884
ISBN-13: 9780919666887
Publisher: ISER Books
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1997
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d
By José Mailhot
By José Mailhot
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José Mailhot first visited Sheshatshit in 1963, when she was a student in the University of Montreal's Department of Anthropology. During the next three decades she was to conduct exhaustive research on the culture, language, and history of the Innu people in Quebec and Labrador. At present, she is also involved in projects for Innu literacy development and text editing.

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