Title Fishing in contested waters : place and community in Burnt Church/Esgenoôpetitj / Sarah J. King

Published Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource Contents Preface -- Introduction : re-membering Burnt Church -- "Those relationships became countries" -- Contested place -- Seeking justice : rights and religion in the dispute -- Conservation talk : negotiating power and place -- The Canadian way -- Postscript -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Summary Annotation After the Supreme Court of Canada's 1999 Marshall decision recognized Mi'kmaw fishers' treaty right to fish, the fishers entered the inshore lobster fishery across Atlantic Canada. At Burnt Church/Esgenoopetitj, New Brunswick, the Mi'kmaw fishery provoked violent confrontations with neighbours and the Canadian government. Over the next two years, boats, cottages, and a sacred grove were burned, people were shot at and beaten, boats rammed and sunk, roads barricaded, and the local wharf occupied. Based on 12 months of ethnographic field work in Burnt Church/Esgenoopetitj, Fishing in Contested Waters explores the origins of this dispute and the beliefs and experiences that motivated the locals involved in it. Weaving the perspectives of Native and non-Native people together, Sarah J. King examines the community as a contested place, simultaneously Mi'kmaw and Canadian. Drawing on philosophy and Indigenous, environmental, and religious studies, Fishing in Contested Waters demonstrates the deep roots of contemporary conflicts over rights, sovereignty, conservation, and identity Notes Based on the author's thesis (doctoral) - University of Toronto, 2008, under title: Contested place : religion and values in the dispute, Burnt Church/Esgenoopetitj, New Brunswick Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Micmac Indians -- Fishing -- New Brunswick -- Burnt Church Micmac Indians -- New Brunswick -- Claims Micmac Indians -- New Brunswick -- Government relations Lobster industry -- Social aspects -- New Brunswick -- Burnt Church Culture conflict -- New Brunswick -- Burnt Church SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology. PHILOSOPHY -- General. Culture conflict Ethnic relations Micmac Indians Micmac Indians -- Government relations SUBJECT Burnt Church (N.B.) -- Ethnic relations Subject New Brunswick Genre/Form Claims Form Electronic book ISBN 9781442689930 1442689935 144266844X 9781442668447

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