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Jo-Anne Fiske - Cis dideen kat – When the Plumes Rise: The Way of the Lake Babine Nation - 9780774808118 - V9780774808118
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Cis dideen kat – When the Plumes Rise: The Way of the Lake Babine Nation

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Description for Cis dideen kat – When the Plumes Rise: The Way of the Lake Babine Nation Hardback. This book, the first to be written about the Lake Babine Nation in north-central British Columbia, examines its traditional legal order, self-identity, and their involvement in current treaty negotiations. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; JFSL9; JHM; LBBC; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 549.

The heart of the traditional legal order of the Lake Babine Nation of north-central British Columbia is the grand ceremonial feast known as the balhats, or potlatch. Misunderstood and widely condemned as a wasteful display of pride, the balhats ceremonies were outlawed by the Canadian government in the late nineteenth century. Throughout the years that followed, the Lake Babine Nation struggled to adapt their laws to a changing society while maintaining their cultural identity.

Although the widespread feasting and exchange practices of the balhats have attracted continuous academic and political interest since the nineteenth century, little consideration has been given to ... Read more

Authors Jo-Anne Fiske and Betty Patrick use historical and contemporary data to create a background against which the changing relations between the Lake Babine Nation and the Canadian state are displayed and defined, leading to the current era of treaty negotiations and Aboriginal self-government.

Through interviews with community chiefs and elders, oral histories, focus groups, and archival research, Fiske and Patrick have documented and defined a traditional legal system still very much misunderstood. Their findings include material not previously published, making this book essential reading for those involved in treaty negotiations as well as for those with an interest in Aboriginal and state relations generally.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774808118
SKU
V9780774808118
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About Jo-Anne Fiske
Jo-Anne Fiske is a professor and co-ordinator of Women's Studies at the University of Lethbridge. Betty Patrick is chief of the Lake Babine Nation.

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