Cover
Contents
Maps
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Hydroelectric Development and Native People in Canada
Hydroelectric Development from Coast to Coast
2. Treaties, Scrip and the Alienation of Native Lands in Western Canada
Politics and Leadership in the Pre-Treaty Period
Prelude to the Western Canadian Treaty Era
The Treaty-Making Process
Treaty Five: A Brief Case Study
The Métis and the Scrip Commissions
The Community of Cumberland House
Community History
The Squaw Rapids Dam
Consideration of Downstream Effects
The Community View of the Dam Proposal
Emerging Problems
The Churchill River Study
More Study – No Action
Legal Action
Mediation
The Community of Easterville
Community History
The Grand Rapids Forebay Administration Committee
Land Surrender and Site Selection
Negotiating Away a Home
The Role of the Federal Government
The Forebay Agreement: A Letter of Intent
Legal Action
The Special Forebay Committee: A Native Reaction
The Community of South Indian Lake
Community History
The Churchill River Diversion Project
Anachronism in a Technological Age
Negotiations and Public Hearings
New Government – Same Old Story
Legal Action
Appeal to the Federal Government
"Just People of Manitoba"
Divide and Conquer: The Age-Old Strategy
The Northern Flood Committee
The Northern Flood Committee's Legal Action
A Clash of Democracies
The Panel of Public Enquiry into Northern Hydro Development
The Northern Flood Agreement: A "Charter of Rights and Benefits"
The Commission of Inquiry into Manitoba Hydro
After the Flood: Negotiations and Compensation
The Augmented Flow Dispute
Treaties and Dams: For the "Common Good"
How Common is the "Common Good"?
Appendix 1: Treaty No. Five
Appendix 2: The Forebay Agreement
Appendix 3: Manitoba Hydro's 1969 Compensation Proposal for South Indian Lake
Bibliography
Notes
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