Indigenous Legalities, Pipeline Viscosities

Colonial Extractivism and Wet'suwet'en Resistance
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-1-77212-704-1
Verlag: University of Alberta Press

Buch, Englisch, 376 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 1223 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McCreary, Tyler

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Kolonialismus, Imperialismus
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Indigene Völker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 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 -

Über Autor(innen)

McCreary, Tyler
Tyler McCreary is a settler from Wet'suwet'en territory and Associate Professor of Geography at Florida State University.