Maps and Dreams Author:Hugh Brody The Canadian sub-arctic is a world of Indian hunters and trappers - but also of white energy speculators, ranchers and sports hunters. Hugh Brody came to this dual world with the job of 'mapping' the forest and prairie of northwest British Columbia, as well as recording the life of a group of Beaver Indians living in the path of a projected oil ... more »pipeline. Maps and Dreams is his account of an extraordinary journey through the world and dreams of a people with an ancient way of life who have no intention of vanishing into the past.« less
A young anthropologist travels to the Canadian subarctic and is witness to the conflict between an Indian hunting culture in the path of an oil pipeline project.