Hunting, Nature and Metaphor: Political and Discursive Strategies in James Bay Cree Resistance and Autonomy

Representations of James Bay Cree hunting society, which were developed during the debates over the James Bay hydroelectric projects in northern Quebec, were shaped both by Cree cultural meanings and by the cultural patterns of non-Native North Americans. Cree elders and younger spokespersons sought effective means of communicating to non-Natives a sense of Cree relationships with the lands on which they live and with the animals they hunt. …