Serpent River Resurgence
{{Infobox book
| author = Lianne C. Leddy
| language = English
| published = 2022
| publisher = University of Toronto Press
| country = Canada
| isbn = 9781442614376
| media_type = Print
| pages = 248
| genre = Indigenous history; Environmental history
| subject = Uranium mining; Indigenous rights
| name = Serpent River Resurgence: Confronting Uranium Mining at Elliot Lake
| image = Cover of Serpent River Resurgence by Lianne C. Leddy.png
| awards = CHA Best Scholarly Book in Canadian History Prize
}}
{{Short description|2022 non-fiction book by Lianne C. Leddy}}Serpent River Resurgence: Confronting Uranium Mining at Elliot Lake is a 2022 book by Lianne C. Leddy, Associate Professor of History at Wilfrid Laurier University.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-19 |title=Lianne C. Leddy |url=https://www.wlu.ca/academics/faculties/faculty-of-arts/faculty-profiles/lianne-c-leddy/index.html |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=Wilfrid Laurier University}} The book documents the environmental history of uranium mining at Elliot Lake, Ontario, on Serpent River First Nation, including the advocacy of the Serpent River Anishinaabe to raise awareness about mining impacts on the community.{{Cite journal |last=Hallock |first=Lori |date=2022 |title=Serpent River Resurgence: Confronting Uranium Mining at Elliot Lake by Lianne C. Leddy |journal=Ontario History |volume=114 |issue=2 |pages=263–265 |doi=10.7202/1092224ar |s2cid=252804031 |via=Érudit|doi-access=free }} Leddy grew up in Elliot Lake and is a member of Serpent River First Nation.{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Kelly Anne |date=2022-04-11 |title=Serpent River First Nation remains resilient in fight for toxic injustice |work=Anishinabek News |url=https://anishinabeknews.ca/2022/04/11/serpent-river-first-nation-remains-resilient-in-fight-for-toxic-injustice/ |access-date=2023-06-19}}
Contents
Serpent River Resurgence characterizes the uranium industry at Elliot Lake as a form of "Cold War colonialism," given the connection between mining in the area and American nuclear weapons production and the impacts of the industry on the Serpent River First Nation.{{Cite web |last=Kheraj |first=Sean |date=2022-06-30 |title=Nature's Past Episode 75: Uranium Mining at Elliot Lake |url=https://niche-canada.org/2022/06/30/natures-past-episode-75-uranium-mining-at-elliot-lake/ |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=NiCHE: Network in Canadian History & Environment - Nouvelle initiative Canadienne en histoire de l'environnement}} The main impacts that the book focuses on are those on the Serpent River watershed and those of a sulphuric acid production plant located on the Serpent River reserve. In addition to elucidating the impacts of the uranium industry on the local environment, the book documents the efforts of Serpent River residents, including elders, to be heard by government and industry officials. The book highlights how community members were not opposed to economic development, but resisted both the environmental consequences of the uranium industry and the colonial decision-making structures that enabled that development.{{Cite journal |last=Hallock |date=2022 |title=Serpent River Resurgence |journal=Ontario History |pages=265}}
In the book, Leddy draws on extensive archival material, evidence from newspapers, and Indigenous oral history research with Elders from the Serpent River community.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-20 |title=Q&A Interview with UTP Author Lianne Leddy |url=https://utorontopress.com/blog/2022/06/20/qa-interview-with-utp-author-lianne-leddy/ |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=University of Toronto Press}}
Awards
Serpent River Resurgence won three awards from the Canadian Historical Association in 2023: the CHA Best Scholarly Book in Canadian History Prize as the best book in Canadian history; the Clio Prize for Ontario as the best book in Ontario History; and the Indigenous History Book Prize as the best book in Indigenous history, which was co-won by Annette W. de Stecher for the book Wendat Women’s Arts.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-19 |title=Prize Winners |url=https://cha-shc.ca/prize-winners/ |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=Canadian Historical Association - Société historique du Canada}}
See also
References
External links
- [https://utorontopress.com/9781442614376/serpent-river-resurgence/ Serpent River Resurgence at University of Toronto Press]
- [https://www.wlu.ca/academics/faculties/faculty-of-arts/faculty-profiles/lianne-c-leddy/index.html Author's webpage at Wilfrid Laurier University]
Category:Canadian non-fiction books
Category:2022 non-fiction books
Category:Environmental non-fiction books
Category:History books about Ontario