14 AUGUST 1976, Page 17

Strangers Devour the Land

BOYCE RICHARDSON

A moving account of the Cree Indians' battle to preserve their way of life, threatened by the Quebec government's plans to build hydroelectric dams which will flood their hunting grounds. Boyce Richardson reports brilliantly the courtroom battles but also, having lived with the Cree, he conveys the unity with nature that underlies their ancient pattern of life.

8 pages of photographs. map £6.50