Fractured Homeland

Bonita Lawrence (Mi'kmaw) teaches Indigenous studies at York University. She is the author of "Real" Indians and Others: Mixed-Blood Urban Native People and Indigenous Nationhood (2004).

• PrefaceIntroductionAbbreviations and Definitions Relating to the Land ClaimPart 1: Algonquin Survival and Resurgence in the Ottawa River Watershed1 Algonquin Diplomacy, Resistance, and Dispossession2 The Fracturing of the Algonquin Homeland3 Aboriginal Title and the Comprehensive Claims Process4 The Algonquin Land Claim5 Reclaiming Algonquin IdentityPart 2: Algonquin Communities in the Mississippi, Rideau, and Lower Madawaska River Watersheds 6 The Development of Ardoch Algonquin First Nation7 The Effect of the Land Claim in the Region8 Uranium Resistance: Defending the LandPart 3: Algonquin Communities in the Watershed of the Bonnechere and Petawawa Rivers9 The Bonnechere Algonquin Communities and Greater Golden Lake10 Perspectives from PikwakanaganPart 4: Algonquin Communities in the Upper Madawaska and York River Watersheds11 The Upper Madawaska River Communities: Whitney, Madewaska, and Sabine12 The People of Kijicho Manitou: Baptiste Lake and Bancroft Part 5: From Mattawa to Ottawa – Algonquin Communities Along the Kichi Sibi13 Algonquin Communities along the Ottawa RiverPart 6: Conclusion14 Algonquin Identity and NationhoodNotesBibliographyIndex

A good case study of a people that have been too rarely discussed and too often misunderstood. Recommended. (CHOICE, Vol. 50 No. 05)