Author : P. Whitney Lackenbauer
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774840021
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)
Book Synopsis Battle Grounds by : P. Whitney Lackenbauer
Download or read book Battle Grounds written by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Base closures, use of airspace for weapons testing and low-level flying, environmental awareness, and Aboriginal land claims have focused attention in recent years on the use of Native lands for military training. But is the military's interest in Aboriginal lands new? Battle Grounds analyzes a century of government-Aboriginal interaction and negotiation to explore how the Canadian military came to use Aboriginal lands for training. It examines what the process reveals about the larger and evolving relationship between governments and Aboriginal communities and how increasing Aboriginal assertiveness and activism have affected the issue.