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Edmonton, Amiskwaciy Wâskahikan, and a Papaschase suburb for settlers
Rob Shields,
Kieran Moran, Dianne Gillespie,
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Rob Shields
City Region Studies Centre, University of Alberta
Correspondence to / Adresse de correspondance: Rob Shields, H. M. Tory Research Chair, Human Geography Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Tory Building 5-21, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H4. Email/Courriel: rshields@ualberta.ca
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Kieran Moran, Dianne Gillespie,
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Rob Shields
City Region Studies Centre, University of Alberta
Correspondence to / Adresse de correspondance: Rob Shields, H. M. Tory Research Chair, Human Geography Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Tory Building 5-21, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H4. Email/Courriel: rshields@ualberta.ca
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enThe Papaschase Indian Reservation outside Edmonton, Alberta was established as part of Treaty 6 in 1877, but annulled in 1888. A significant portion of the land was later assembled in Canada's first land bank and sold at below-market prices to create “Mill Woods,” an idealistic vision for a planned mixed-use suburb. Settler Colonial Theory is introduced to explore the history of the Papaschase Cree and the Reservation. This testifies to the process of dispossession, settler colonial occupation, and respatialization of the Canadian landscape. Canadian suburbia is not placeless. Methods for examining such “erased spaces” and layers of previous occupation are discussed. Canadian urban historical geography and suburban research have not sufficiently examined settler colonial dispossession. This is an opportunity for geographers to contribute to Canadian reconciliation between Settler and Indigenous cultures.
Edmonton, Amiskwaciy Waskahikan, et une banlieue Papaschase pour les colons
frLa réserve indienne des Indiens Papaschase située à l'extérieur d'Edmonton, en Alberta, a été créée dans le cadre de la signature du Traité numéro 6, en 1877, mais cette décision a, par la suite, été annulée, en 1888. Une partie importante de ce territoire a plus tard été regroupée dans une réserve foncière et vendue à un prix inférieur au marché, afin de fonder « Mill Woods », une banlieue planifiée selon le modèle du rêve américain. Les concepts des études du colonialisme de peuplement sont utilisées ici pour analyser l'histoire des Cris Papaschase et de leur réserve. Le cas étudié témoigne d'un processus de dépossession, d'occupation coloniale et de respatialisation des paysages du Canada. Plus largement, cela démontre que les banlieues canadiennes ne sont pas des non-lieux construits sur un espace vierge même si les méthodes pour examiner de tels « lieux disparus » et les niveaux de l'occupation antérieure font toujours l'objet de discussions. À notre avis, la géographie historique urbaine et les études sur les banlieues ne se sont pas suffisamment attardées à la dépossession coloniale, du moins au Canada. Ce genre de recherche est une occasion pour les géographes de contribuer à la réconciliation entre les cultures des colons et celles des Autochtones.
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