ABOUT THIS BOOKPower Struggles: Hydro Development and First Nations in Manitoba and Quebec examines the evolution of new agreements between First Nations and Inuit and the hydro corporations in Quebec and Manitoba, including the Wuskwatim Dam Project, Paix des Braves, and the Great Whale Project. In the 1970s, both provinces signed so-called “modern treaties” with First Nations for the development of large hydro projects in Aboriginal territories. In recent times, however, the two provinces have diverged in their implementation, and public opinion of these agreements has ranged from celebratory to outrage.Power Struggles brings together perspectives on these issues from both scholars and activists. In debating the relative merits and limits of these agreements, they raise a crucial question: Is Canada on the eve of a new relationship with First Nations, or do the same colonial attitudes that have long characterized Canadian-Aboriginal relations still prevail?
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION/-3
Thibault Martin and Steven M. Hoffman
PART I
Historical and Theoretical Perspectives
on Hydro Developments, the State, and the First Peoples
FOREWORD / 15
John Bonner
I Hydro Development in Quebec and Manitoba: Old Relationships
or New Social Contract? / 19
Thibault Martin
2 The State, The Marketplace, and First Nations: Theorizing First Nation
Self-Determination in an Era of Globalization / 39
Gabrielle A. Slowey
3 The Way to Modern Treaties: A Review of Hydro Projects and Agreements
in Manitoba and Quebec / 55
Romuald Wera and Thibault Martin
4 The Long Walk of Aboriginal Peoples: Achieving Rights, Freedom, and
Self-Determination (1950-2005) / 75
Marc-Adelard Tremblay and Jules Dufour
PART II
The Manitoba Experience: A Legacy of Disrespect
FOREWORD / 97
Eugenie Mercredi
William Osborne
5 Engineering Poverty: Colonialism and Hydroelectric Development
in Northern Manitoba / 103
Steven M. Hoffman
6 A Step Back: The Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation and the Wuskwatim Project / 129
Peter Kulchyski
7 In Service to Globalization: Manitoba Hydro, Aboriginal Communities,
and the Integration of Electrical Markets / 145
Steven M. Hoffman and Ken Bradley
8 Monitoring for Success: Designing and Implementing a Monitoring Regime
for Northern Manitoba / 169
Lydia Dobrovolny
PART III
Toward a Change of Paradigm in Quebec
FOREWORD/ 205
Romeo Saganash
9 Should the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement Serve as a Model Agreement
for Other First Nations?/215
Renee Dupuis
o0 The End of an Era in Quebec: The Great Whale Project and the Inuit of Kuujjuarapik
and the Umiujaq/ 227
Thibault Martin
11 More Dams for Nitassinan: New Business Partnerships between Hydro-Qubbec
and Innu Communities/ 255
Paul Charest
12 Governance and Hydro Development in Quebec and Manitoba/ 281
Brian Craik
CONTRIBUTORS/ 295
APPENDIX: SELECTED WEB SITES/ 299
BIBLIOGRAPHY/ 303