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- Title
Le territoire, «matrice» de culture.
- Authors
Martin, Thibault; Girard, Amélie
- Abstract
In this article we present an analysis of the briefs submitted by Québec's First Nations at the Commission for the study of public forest management in Québec (2004). The briefs and presentations made by them reveal the multiplicity of approaches within and between First Nations. However, beyond this multiplicity we can detect a common vision of the forest which is erected as a civilisation matrix, as were the lakes and rivers at the time of the hydroelectric crisis in 1975-1980. This change in the culture's physical anchorage -- from water to forest -- is accompanied by a new attitude towards other development actors, notably the State and the industry. Indeed, in the face of forest development, Québec's First Nations ask for a greater autonomy and the respect of their ancestral rights, but they do not systematically demand the halt of their territory's industrial development, but rather ask to be rightfully integrated in its governance.
- Subjects
QUEBEC (Province); CANADA; FIRST Nations of Canada; FOREST management; JAMES Bay Hydroelectric Project; FOREST conservation; LANDSCAPE protection; FOREST site preparation; CIVIL rights; LEGAL status of Native Americans
- Publication
Recherches Amérindiennes au Québec, 2009, Vol 39, Issue 1/2, p61
- ISSN
0318-4137
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7202/044997ar