Strangers Devour the Land

Boyce Richardson. Chelsea Green Publishing Company, $14.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-930031-40-4

In 1970, plans for a hydroelectric project to be located in the Cree Indians' northern Quebec hunting grounds provoked the tribe to take legal action. ``Drama, suspense and human interest abound in this stirring account of a minority group's struggle to save their land and lifestyle from the encroachment of a greedy and hostile government,'' said PW. Illustrated. (June)

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