Nature’s Power and Native Persistence: The Influence of First Nations and the Environment is the Development of the Mattagami Hydro-Electric System During the Twentieth Century

• Published in: Journal of the Canadian Historical Association
• Main Author: Manore, Jean
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The Canadian Historical Association/La Société historique du Canada 1995
• Subjects: Perseverance; Mattagami River; Rivière Mattagami; First Nations; Premières Nations
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/031092ar; https://doi.org/10.7202/031092ar

To date, most analyses of hydro-electric development portray the environment and Aboriginal Peoples as victims unable to alter or resist its intrusion on to the landscape. However, an examination of the Mattagami river developments in northeastern Ontario illustrates that environmental conditions co...