Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Tags: aboriginal community, agreement negotiation, land use planning, self-government, resource development, Gwich'in, Inuvialuit, lifestyle, international analogy
| Principal Investigator: | Borisov, Andrian (1) |
| Licence Number: | 12841 |
| Organization: | Institute of Humanities Research, Academy of Sciences of the Sakha Republic |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1996
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| Issued: | Mar 27, 1996 |
| Project Team: | Greg Poelzer, Political Science Program, UNBC |
Objective(s): Compare Canadian and Russian Norths to understand the problems and prospects for greater aboriginal self-determination. Will involve interviews with officials of the Inuvialuit Regional Corp. & the Gwich'in Tribal Council to investigate political and economic relations between Mackenzie Delta region and Yellowknife, as well as local development from a regional level perspective. Interviews conducted with Community Corporations and local councils to examine relations between regional administration and local communities; to collect government documents and statistical data, as they relate to governance, land use and resource development.
Project Description: Studies in the Northwest Territories are a part of a comparative study of Canadian and Russian Norths to understand the problems and prospects for greater aboriginal self-determination. Areas examined included the level of aboriginal organization, at local, district and regional levels; the resources available to aboriginal peoples and their leadership to pursue collective interests; the types of collective action undertaken by aboriginal organizations; and the opportunities and constraints, which both facilitate and hinder the pursuit of greater aboriginal political autonomy.
