If this is Your Land, where are Your Stories?: Finding Common GroundDrawing upon the narratives of Africa, Australia, Europe and North America, this collection of essays explores the relationships between territories, peoples and the stories and songs that give meaning to our lives. |
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He was senior advisor to the Canadian Royal Commission on Aboriginal
Peoples in Canada , and has worked extensively on native land claims around
the world . Formerly poetry editor of Saturday Night magazine , J. Edward
Chamberlin's ...
He was senior advisor to the Canadian Royal Commission on Aboriginal
Peoples in Canada , and has worked extensively on native land claims around
the world . Formerly poetry editor of Saturday Night magazine , J. Edward
Chamberlin's ...
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Native people were just as astonished at the strangeness of the newcomers , and
their stories tell of their uncertainty about ... The natives had a lot of experience
with strangers , and quite quickly figured out both the manners and the motives of
...
Native people were just as astonished at the strangeness of the newcomers , and
their stories tell of their uncertainty about ... The natives had a lot of experience
with strangers , and quite quickly figured out both the manners and the motives of
...
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But despite a lot of wishful thinking , the native people of the Americas are not
going away , any more than the settlers are . Or the Palestinians and the Jews .
So maybe there is something to be learned from those who saw the line between
...
But despite a lot of wishful thinking , the native people of the Americas are not
going away , any more than the settlers are . Or the Palestinians and the Jews .
So maybe there is something to be learned from those who saw the line between
...
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| Title | If this is Your Land, where are Your Stories?: Finding Common Ground |
| Author | J. Edward Chamberlin |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Carcanet, 2006 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 2 Jul 2009 |
| ISBN | 1857548493, 9781857548495 |
| Length | 271 pages |
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