{"product_id":"grounded-authority","title":"Grounded Authority","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWestern Political Science Association's Clay Morgan Award for Best Book in Environmental Political Theory\u003cbr\u003e Canadian Studies Network Prize for the Best Book in Canadian Studies\u003cbr\u003e Nominated for Best First Book Award at NAISA\u003cbr\u003e Honorable Mention: Association for Political and Legal Anthropology Book Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Since Justin Trudeau’s election in 2015, Canada has been hailed internationally as embarking on a truly progressive, post-postcolonial era—including an improved relationship between the state and its Indigenous peoples. Shiri Pasternak corrects this misconception, showing that colonialism is very much alive in Canada. From the perspective of Indigenous law and jurisdiction, she tells the story of the Algonquins of Barriere Lake, in western Quebec, and their tireless resistance to federal land claims policy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrounded Authority\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the band’s ongoing attempts to restore full governance over its lands and natural resources through an agreement signed by settler governments almost three decades ago—an agreement the state refuses to fully implement. Pasternak argues that the state’s aversion to recognizing Algonquin jurisdiction stems from its goal of perfecting its sovereignty by replacing the inherent jurisdiction of Indigenous peoples with its own, delegated authority. From police brutality and fabricated sexual abuse cases to an intervention into and overthrow of a customary government, Pasternak provides a compelling, richly detailed account of rarely documented coercive mechanisms employed to force Indigenous communities into compliance with federal policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rigorous account of the incredible struggle fought by the Algonquins to maintain responsibility over their territory, \u003ci\u003eGrounded Authority\u003c\/i\u003e provides a powerful alternative model to one nation’s land claims policy and a vital contribution to current debates in the study of colonialism and Indigenous peoples in North America and globally.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54220534874456,"sku":"9780816698349","price":32.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/grounded-authority","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}