Improving First Nations water security through governance
Abstract Many First Nations communities lack access to safe drinking water. In this article, we examine an under‐appreciated tool for improving First Nations water security – governance – and develop a framework for guiding the design and analysis of First Nations water governance models. In particu...
| Published in: | Canadian Public Administration |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2020
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/capa.12363 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fcapa.12363 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/capa.12363 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/capa.12363 |
| Summary: | Abstract Many First Nations communities lack access to safe drinking water. In this article, we examine an under‐appreciated tool for improving First Nations water security – governance – and develop a framework for guiding the design and analysis of First Nations water governance models. In particular, we argue that three key ideas from the public administration literature – financial resources, regulation, and formalization – should be integrated with Indigenous insights and philosophies that are specific to each First Nations community. We illustrate how this might work by focusing on the insights, traditions, and philosophies of an Anishinaabek community in southern Ontario. |
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