A study of the impact of oil and gas development on the Dene First Nations of the Sahtu (Great Bear Lake) Region of the Canadian Northwest Territories (NWT)

• Published in: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy
• Main Authors: Paul Dana, Leo, Brent Anderson, Robert, Meis‐Mason, Aldene
• Other Authors: Cant, Garth
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Emerald 2009
• Subjects: Gloom; Great Bear Lake; Northwest Territories; Sahtu Region; First Nations
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17506200910943706; http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full-xml/10.1108/17506200910943706; https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/17506200910943706/full/xml; https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/17506200910943706/full/html

Purpose Beneath Canada's Northwest Territories lies a potential of 30 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Will a $16 billion gas‐pipeline bring prosperity or gloom? Will this bring employment opportunities for local people or will more qualified people be brought in from southern communities? T...