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The politics of refusal: Aboriginal sovereignty and the Northern Gateway pipeline
Author(s) -
Wood Patricia Burke,
Rossiter David A.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the canadian geographer / le géographe canadien
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.35
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1541-0064
pISSN - 0008-3658
DOI - 10.1111/cag.12325
Subject(s) - sovereignty , politics , pipeline (software) , corporate governance , gateway (web page) , political science , perspective (graphical) , sociology , resource (disambiguation) , law , public administration , environmental ethics , engineering , management , computer science , economics , mechanical engineering , artificial intelligence , world wide web , computer network , philosophy
Key Messages Claims of Aboriginal sovereignty over territory crossed by proposed pipeline are substantive and practised, and well‐grounded in Canadian law. Aboriginal presentations to the Joint Review Panel are examples of a politics of refusal based in Aboriginal knowledge, governance, experience, and perspective, rather than merely a response to a specific proposal. Geographic research on natural resource development would benefit from more incorporation of Aboriginal theory.