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Spirits of the Rockies : Reasserting an Indigenous Presence in Banff National Park
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Courtney W. Mason examines how the Nakoda peoples strategically used the Banff Indian Days festivals to gain access to their sacred lands and respond to colonial policies designed to repress their ...
Courtney W. Mason examines how the Nakoda peoples strategically used the Banff Indian Days festivals to gain access to their sacred lands and respond to colonial policies designed to repress their cultures.
Details
- Creator
- Courtney W. Mason
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
- ©2014
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (220 p.)
- ISBNs
- 1442649305, 1442619929, 9781442619920, 1442626682, 1442619910, 9781442619913
- OCLC
- ocn895193205, on1237190580, ocn891964846
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Introduction -- 1. Theorizing Power Relations in Colonial Histories -- 2. Colonial Encounters: Treaty 7, Missionaries, and the Constraints of the Reserve System -- 3. The Repression of Indigenous Subsistence Practices in Rocky Mountains Park -- 4. Sporting and Tourism Festivals: Representations of Indigenous Peoples -- 5. Rethinking the Banff Indian Days as Critical Spaces of Cultural Exchange -- 6. Looking Back and Pushing Ahead
Subjects
- Assiniboine Indians -- Alberta -- Banff National Park -- History.
- Assiniboine Indians -- Colonization -- Alberta -- Banff National Park.
- Assiniboine Indians -- Alberta -- Banff National Park -- Social conditions.
- Assiniboine Indians -- Alberta -- Banff National Park -- Economic conditions.
- Banff National Park (Alta.) -- Economic conditions.
- Banff National Park (Alta.) -- Social conditions.
- Banff National Park (Alta.) -- Ethnic relations -- History.
- Banff National Park (Alta.) -- History.