Filling Up the Land with Pilalt: Countering the British Columbia Referrals Process and Reclaiming Stolo Ways of Being on Land

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dc.contributor.authorTomkins, Erin
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-05T22:11:56Z
dc.date.available2017-06-05T22:11:56Z
dc.date.copyright2008en_US
dc.date.issued2017-06-05
dc.degree.departmentProgram: Indigenous Governanceen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractGeorge Manuel, renowned Secwepemc leader, once said, “I would rather hand over to my children the dignity of the struggle than to sign a deal they cannot live with.” This quotation can be found posted all around the Cheam council office where I spent many hours working. Over the months I spent a lot of time thinking about this statement and came to see it as a perfect articulation of the issue that defines contemporary Indigenous struggles against colonialism. Within his simple statement Manuel asks, what does it mean to “live”? More specifically, he asks an Indigenous audience, what does it mean to live as an Indigenous person? The question in my mind that flows from this is one for all of us, both Indigenous and non-indigenous: what kind of life are you fighting for?en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/8232
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectCheamen_US
dc.subjectleaderen_US
dc.subjectcouncilen_US
dc.subjectcolonialismen_US
dc.subjectindigenousen_US
dc.subjectFirst Nationen_US
dc.subjectcommunityen_US
dc.subjectelderen_US
dc.subjectidentityen_US
dc.subjectcolonizationen_US
dc.subjectaboriginalen_US
dc.subjectrightsen_US
dc.subjectsettleren_US
dc.subjectcrownen_US
dc.subjectTreaty Commissionen_US
dc.subjectterritoriesen_US
dc.titleFilling Up the Land with Pilalt: Countering the British Columbia Referrals Process and Reclaiming Stolo Ways of Being on Landen_US
dc.typeprojecten_US

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