Where the Rivers Meet Pipelines, Participatory Resource Management, and Aboriginal State Relations in the Northwest Territories

Dokis, Carly A.

ISBN 10: 0774828455 / ISBN 13: 9780774828451

Published by Univ of British Columbia Pr, 2015

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224 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Where the Rivers Meet Pipelines, Participatory Resource Management, and Aboriginal State Relations in the Northwest Territories
• Publisher: Univ of British Columbia Pr
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0774828455
• ISBN 13: 9780774828451
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.44 kilograms

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Synopsis

Oil and gas companies now recognize that industrial projects in the Canadian North can only succeed if Aboriginal communities are involved in decision-making processes. Where the Rivers Meet is an ethnographic account of Sahtu Dene involvement in the environmental assessment of the Mackenzie Gas Project, a massive pipeline that, if completed, would have unprecedented effects on Aboriginal communities in the North. The book reveals that while there has been some progress in establishing avenues for Dene participation in decision making, the ultimate assessment of such projects remains rooted in non-local beliefs about the nature of the environment, the commodification of land, and the inevitability of a hydrocarbon-based economy.

About the Author

Carly A. Dokis is assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Nipissing University.