"My parents, they became poor": The Socio-Economic Effects of the Expropriation and Relocation of Stoney Point Reserve #43, 1942

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  • Helen Roos

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https://doi.org/10.21971/P7XW2D

Abstract

On 14 April 1942 the Stoney Point Reserve was expropriated by the Department of National Defence and Indian Affairs. The land was required for an advanced military training camp to support the war effort The Stoney Point families were quickly relocated to the neighbouring Kettle Point Reserve #44. The loss of the reserve was a traumatic experience for the small Stoney Point band and resulted in severe economic and social problems. Physical removal caused widespread poverty among the band due to inadequate compensation, separation from resources and work, and a reliance on welfare. Socially, the Stoney Pointers suffered from an identity crisis, feeling disjointed from their community and its roots. This case study provides an examination of the effects of expropriation and relocation on Native communities.

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Author Biography

Helen Roos

Helen Roos is a PhD student at the University of Ottawa. She received her MA from the University of Western Ontario. Her thesis was titled "It Happened as if Overnight: The Expropriation and Relocation of Stoney Point Reserve #43,1942." She has contributed an article on land claims in southwestern Ontario for the upcoming CD-Rom textbook Canada: Confederation to Present. An article on gender division of labour in wampum production among Coastal Algonquian bands for Ethnohistory is also forthcoming.

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Published

2008-02-21

How to Cite

Roos, H. (2008). "My parents, they became poor": The Socio-Economic Effects of the Expropriation and Relocation of Stoney Point Reserve #43, 1942. Past Imperfect, 7. https://doi.org/10.21971/P7XW2D

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