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Rogue diamonds : the rush for northern riches on Dene land
- Title
- Rogue diamonds : the rush for northern riches on Dene land / Ellen Bielawski.
- Author
- Bielawski, E.
- Publication
- Vancouver ; New York : Douglas & McIntyre, ©2003.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | E99.C59 B45 2003 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 256 pages : map; 24 cm
- Summary
- "When rogue geologist Chuck Fipke discovered diamonds on the Barren Grounds near Yellowknife in Canada's Arctic, international mining companies took notice. Almost immediately miners from these large conglomerates began to stake claims to the minerals: pure "ice" diamonds untainted by bloodshed and war." "These diamond lands are home to the Dene, Native peoples who have hunted, fished and lived on these grounds since time immemorial. To mine these lands required the agreement of the First Nations, the Inuit, the mining company and two levels of government. Ellen Bielawski was part of the negotiation team that painstakingly put together a deal to satisfy all involved, and Rogue Diamonds is her telling of this intense time. From closed-door meetings in town to sacred ceremonies on the land, Bielawski weaves a compelling, thought-provoking account."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Bielawski, E
- Chipewyan Indians > Government relations
- Diamond mines and mining > Northwest Territories > Gras, Lac de, Region
- Chipewyan Indians > Land tenure
- Indians of North America > Land tenure > Northwest Territories
- Tinne Indians > Land tenure > Northwest Territories
- Tinne Indians > Northwest Territories > Treaties
- Diamond mines and mining > Northwest Territories
- Tinne Indians > Land tenure
- Diamond mines and mining
- Indians of North America > Land tenure
- Diamantenbergbau
- Northwest Territories
- Kanada
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Sine -- summer -- 1. The diamonds -- 2. The Dene -- 3. The deadline -- -- Xayt'às -- autumn -- 4. You got the gold, we got the shaft -- 5. Water-first rapids -- 6. Ever lotta berries -- 7. Insignificant progress -- 8. The perfectly useless product -- 9. The minister's significant progress -- 10. Second rapids -- 11. Third rapids -- 12. "I don't speak for the minister" -- -- Xaye -- winter -- 13. Waiting for 7etthen -- 14. Excell's moccasin's -- 15. Sharing accord -- -- Xaluka -- early spring -- 16. The healing journey
- ISBN
- 1550549502
- 9781550549508
- 1553650565
- 9781553650560
- LCCN
- 2003041277
- OCLC
- ocm51204503
- 51204503
- SCSB-1284825
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library