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Indigenous Legalities, Pipeline Viscosities

Colonial Extractivism and Wet’suwet’en Resistance

Par (auteur) Tyler McCreary
Catégories: Colonialisme et de l’impérialisme, Événements et phénomènes historiques particuliers, Histoire, Histoire et archéologie, Politique et gouvernement, Sciences humaines et sociales, Géographie humaine, Géographie, Sciences de la Terre, environnement, géographie et urbanisme
Éditeur: University of Alberta Press
Paperback : 9781772127041, 376 pages, Février 2024
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Table des matières

 

Acknowledgements

A Note on Terminology and Orthography

 

Introduction: Indigenous Peoples and the Infrastructure of Colonialism

 

I The Historical Context of the Wet’suwet’en Encounter with Colonialism

1 The First Century: Early Wet’suwet’en-Settler Relations

2 From Renunciation to Reconciliation: Colonialism Goes to Court

 

II Pipeline Governance and the Arts of Reconciling Indigenous Peoples with Development

3 Indigeneity on the Page: Land Use and Occupancy Studies

4 Indigenizing Infrastructure: New Industrial Partnerships

 

III Indigenous Resurgence and Enduring Conflicts over Territorial Sovereignty

5 Sovereignty’s Returns

6 The Ongoing Cycle of Struggle

 

Appendix 1: The Five Wet’suwet’en Dïdikh and Their Yikh, Chiefs, and Other Hereditary Titles

Appendix 2: Wet’suwet’en Bands

Glossary: Wet’suwet’en Place Names, Witsuwit’en Terms, and Gitxsanimaax Terms

Notes

Bibliography

Index

 

The book explores how colonial forces seek to control Indigenous claims, and how the Wet'suwet'en resist.

La description

Indigenous Legalities, Pipeline Viscosities examines the relationship between the Wet’suwet’en and hydrocarbon pipeline development, showing how colonial governments and corporations seek to control Indigenous claims and how the Wet'suwet'en resist. Tyler McCreary explores pipeline regulatory review processes, reviews attempts to reconcile Indigeneity with development, and asks fundamental questions about territory and jurisdiction. In the process, he offers historical context for the continuing influences of colonialism on Indigenous peoples. Throughout, McCreary demonstrates how the cyclical movements between resistance and reconciliation are affected by the unequal relations between Indigenous peoples, colonial governments, and development operations. This sophisticated analysis invites readers to consider the complex realities of Indigenous and Wet’suwet’en law, as well as the politics of pipeline development.

Reviews

"McCreary examines how Wet’suwet’en territorial claims intersected with the logic of extractive capitalism in the development and review processes for the Northern Gateway pipeline project. He demonstrates the constraining effects of this process on Indigenous claims to land and territory while also revealing the manner in which such processes created space for powerful Indigenous counter-claims, challenging colonial logics of sovereignty and jurisdiction." Nicholas Blomley, Simon Fraser University

"Indigenous Legalities, Pipeline Viscosities documents Indigenous resistance to extractive projects, traditional territorial claims, and colonial energy development. The legal questions and observations are important innovations to help us better understand Indigenous-colonial resources conflicts." Andrew Curley, University of Arizona