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Aqueduct: Colonialism, Resources, and the Histories We Remember by Adele Perry ARP Press; 2016
review by Veery Marten
This book tells the story * of the Winnipeg Aqueduct's construction in 1919. As Adele Perry explains, "For the First Nation we now know as Shoal Lake 40, the construction of the Winnipeg Aqueduct led to their isolation on an artificial island where, for nearly two decades, they have lacked access to drinking water." This has also meant a lack of emergency services, no way to remove garbage, and in some seasons no way to get off the island. In the forward Rick Harp calls it a "case study in colonialism," and Perry does a great job throughout the book...