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- Title
The Naming Compulsion in Dillon Wallace's The Lure of the Labrador Wild and Mina Hubbard's A Woman's Way through Unknown Labrador.
- Authors
PARSONS, JONATHAN
- Abstract
The article looks at place-naming as an imperialist discourse and its impact on the Innu Nation in Labrador. Particular focus is given to place names derived from a 1903 expedition by explorers Leonidas Hubbard and Dillon Wallace. According to the author, these toponyms were spread and reinforced by books such as Wallace's "The Lure of the Labrador Wild" and "A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador," written by Hubbard's widow Mina Benson Hubbard. It is suggested that this practice of renaming contributed to the dispossession and industrialization of Innu lands. Details related to Innu toponyms and cultural revitalization efforts are presented. Other topics include cultural occupation, Innu activist Elizabeth Penashue, and the role of the Canadian government in place-naming.
- Subjects
LABRADOR (N.L.); NEWFOUNDLAND &; Labrador; GEOGRAPHIC names; HISTORY of imperialism; NASKAPI (North American people); LURE of the Labrador Wild, The (Book); WOMAN'S Way Through Known Labrador, A (Book); HUBBARD, Mina Benson; WALLACE, Dillon; HUBBARD, Leonidas; DISCOURSE theory (Communication); LAND tenure of Native Americans
- Publication
Newfoundland & Labrador Studies, 2011, Vol 26, Issue 1, p55
- ISSN
1719-1726
- Publication type
Article