Local Protest and Resistance to the Rupert Diversion Project, Northern Quebec

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Atkinson, Miriam, Mulrennan, Monica E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2009
• Subjects: local resistance movement; EM-1-A& Rupert Diversion Project; political strategies; large-scale industrial development; James Bay Cree; community; social and environmental impact; mouvement de résistance local; Projet de l’Eastmain-1-A-Rupert; stratégies politiques; mise en valeur industrielle à grande échelle; Cri de la baie James; communauté; incidences sociales et environnementales; Baie James; Rupert; Arctic; Cris; James Bay
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63240

This article examines various political strategies employed by Nemaska Crees in northern Quebec to defend their land and way of life against the EM-1-A& Rupert Diversion Project. Notwithstanding the regional Cree leadership’s endorsement of the project and the ambivalence of the majority of the...