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- Title
« Où tout le monde est propriétaire et où personne ne l'est »: droits d'usage et gestion foncière à Kahnawake, 1815-1880.
- Authors
RÜCK, DANIEL
- Abstract
From its founding in the seventeenth century until the nineteenth century, the community and nation of Kahnawake operated according to its own laws, and was governed by its own leaders. But by the latter decades of the nineteenth century, federal legislation had stripped Kahnawake leaders of many of their powers and strengthened the position of the Department of Indian Affairs. This article explores the external pressures that caused a breakdown in land governance in Kahnawake and led to a wood crisis in the 1870s. It argues that external pressures created a context in which local leaders could no longer govern effectively, and where there was considerable confusion about who was in charge and which laws would be enforced. Mohawks understood that their nationhood was under serious threat and used various strategies to attempt to maintain their own laws and government.
- Subjects
CANADA; KAHNAWAKE Indian Reserve (Quebec); LAND use laws; LAND management; GOVERNMENT relations with the Mohawk; CANADA. Indian &; Northern Affairs Canada; MOHAWK (North American people); DOUTRE, Joseph; NINETEENTH century; LEGAL status of Native Americans; NATIVE American tribal governments; LAW; LAND tenure
- Publication
Revue d'Histoire de l'Amérique Française, 2016, Vol 70, Issue 1/2, p31
- ISSN
0035-2357
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7202/1038288ar