Item – Theses Canada

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OCLC number
682256362
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Author
Rose, Johnathan,1981-
Title
Without reservation : the Chatham-Kent Community Network & Caldwell First Nation land dispute.
Degree
M.A. -- Trent University, 2008
Publisher
Ottawa : Library and Archives Canada = Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, [2009]
Description
2 microfiches
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Abstract
In late 1998 an agreement-in-principle (AIP) was negotiated between the Caldwell First Nation and federal Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development to settle a Specific Land Claim. In response to this ALP a non-Aboriginal community organization, the Chatham-Kent Community Network (CKCN), was established. The CKCN was a self-described group of "concerned citizens" with an initial expressed purpose of investigating and assessing the AIP as well as distributing information to the non-Aboriginal community. This thesis probes further into the reasons why the CKCN was established by analysing discourse in the public domain. I argue that the discourse and tactics of the CKCN suggested that, further to its expressed purpose, it was an organization designed to thwart the ALP and reinforce a colonial history that deprived the Caldwell First Nation of land for over 100 years. *I owe the phrase "Without Reservation" to my friend and colleague David W. Hugill, whose quick wit was my last hope for an appealing title.
ISBN
9780494431856
0494431857