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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/23938
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dc.contributor.authorFeit, Harvey A.-
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-23T06:51:01Z-
dc.date.available2019-02-23T06:51:01Z-
dc.date.issued1979-
dc.identifier.citationFeit, Harvey A. 1979. “Political Articulations of Hunters to the State: Means of Resisting Threats to Subsistence Production in the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement.” Etudes/Inuit/Studies 3 (2):37-52.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0701-1008-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11375/23938-
dc.descriptionData on the land claim negotiations were gathered since 1972 while serving as a consultant to the Cree and the the Grand Council the Crees (of Quebec) during their court case against the hydro-electric project on their land, and during the negotiation and initial implementation of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (1975).en_US
dc.description.abstractHunting peoples are with increasing frequency trying to actively respond to the repeated threats to their subsistence activities from nation state governments and resource developers by creating linkages to existing national political and economic structures. The present paper presents an account of one instance of this phenomenon, the articulations sought and established by the Eastern James Bay Cree during the negotiation of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement. Approximately a dozen articulatory responses are identified, including: legal definition of rights and obligations binding on governments; government recognition of Cree cultural and social structures and practices; guaranteed allocations of wildlife and exclusive species and hunting areas; and guaranteed annual incomes for hunters. The paper indicates how these articulations were designed to respond to perceived threats to Cree hunting society, given the general political and power setting of the negotiations with the state. Questions for further analysis are raised concerning the macro-political effectiveness of such articulations, and their social and cultural consequences for local integrity and autonomy. - - De plus en plus souvent les peuples de chasseurs tentent de s'opposer activement aux menaces répétées que les gouvernements nationaux et le système économique international font peser sur leurs activités de subsistance en s'articulant aux structures politiques et économiques déjà existantes des États-nations. Cet article expose un cas de ce phénomène, l'établissement de rapports politiques avec l'État par les Cris de l'est de la baie James durant la négociation de la Convention de la Baie James et du Nord québécois. Une douzaine de tels mécanismes de défense sont identifiés, en particulier : la définition légale des droits et des obligations qui lient les gouvernements; la reconnaissance au sein du macro-système des structures et des pratiques sociales et culturelles des Cris ; des droits garantis sur la faune et exclusifs sur certaines espèces et régions; un revenu annuel garanti pour les chasseurs. On montrera comment ces stratégies furent conçues pour répondre aux atteintes ressenties contre le mode de vie des chasseurs cris, dans le contexte politique global des négociations avec l'État. En vue de recherches ultérieures, on s'interrogera sur l'efficacité de ces stratégies au niveau macro-politique, et sur leur impact socio-culturel pour l'intégrité et l'autonomie de la société cri au niveau local.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKillam Canada Council Post-Doctoral Fellowshipen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAssociation Inuksuitiit Katimajiit, inc.en_US
dc.subjectHunting Societiesen_US
dc.subjectPolitical Articulationsen_US
dc.subjectLinkages to a Nation Stateen_US
dc.subjectLocal Autonomyen_US
dc.subjectAboriginal Rightsen_US
dc.subjectRecognition of Rightsen_US
dc.subjectGuaranteed Incomesen_US
dc.subjectJames Bay and Northern Québec Agreementen_US
dc.titlePolitical Articulations of Hunters to the State: Means of Resisting Threats to Subsistence Production in the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.departmentAnthropologyen_US
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