Defending the Land : Sovereignty and Forest Life in James Bay Cree Society (Part of the Cultural Survival Studies in Ethnicity and

Suitable for both introductory anthropology and upper-division courses in cultural anthropology

The campaign of the Cree people to protect their forest way of life from the impact of hydro-electric development in northern Quebec has been widely-documented, but few have heard in any detail the outcome of this campaign, and what it means for the future of indigenous societies. This text gives equal attention to the Cree leadership's successful strategies for dealing with major social and environmental pressures, with the forces of acculturation and social destruction of native communities.

The titles in the Cultural Survival Studies in Ethnicity and Change series, edited by David Maybury-Lewis and Theodore Macdonald, Jr. of Cultural Survival, Inc., Harvard University, focus on key issues affecting indigenous and ethnic groups worldwide.  Each ethnography builds on introductory material by going further in-depth and allowing students to explore, virtually first-hand, a particular issue and its impact on a culture.