Settler colonialism and the administrative state: The transfer of the Government of the Northwest Territories to Yellowknife in 1967
Abstract In September 1967, the federal government transferred the Government of the Northwest Territories from Ottawa to Yellowknife. While the transfer brought the machinery of government closer to the governed, it also established settler institutions in the homelands of Dene, Métis, and Inuit pe...
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crwiley:10.1111/capa.12573 2024-09-15T18:15:03+00:00 Settler colonialism and the administrative state: The transfer of the Government of the Northwest Territories to Yellowknife in 1967 Sabin, Jerald Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada 2024 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/capa.12573 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/capa.12573 en eng Wiley http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Canadian Public Administration volume 67, issue 2, page 149-165 ISSN 0008-4840 1754-7121 journal-article 2024 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/capa.12573 2024-06-27T04:22:21Z Abstract In September 1967, the federal government transferred the Government of the Northwest Territories from Ottawa to Yellowknife. While the transfer brought the machinery of government closer to the governed, it also established settler institutions in the homelands of Dene, Métis, and Inuit peoples. Using the tools of administrative history and settler colonial theory, this article reconstructs the transfer using newly released archival papers of NWT Commissioner Stuart Hodgson, who oversaw the transfer and the development of government in the NWT until 1979. It analyzes the role federal public servants played in facilitating settler colonial development in northwestern Canada and, in turn, how that development affected the structure and work of the federal public service in Ottawa. While the transfer entrenched Westminster parliamentary government in the NWT, it also served as a focal point for Indigenous resurgence and resistance that has remade contemporary governance in the territory. Article in Journal/Newspaper inuit Northwest Territories Yellowknife Wiley Online Library Canadian Public Administration 67 2 149 165 |
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Abstract In September 1967, the federal government transferred the Government of the Northwest Territories from Ottawa to Yellowknife. While the transfer brought the machinery of government closer to the governed, it also established settler institutions in the homelands of Dene, Métis, and Inuit peoples. Using the tools of administrative history and settler colonial theory, this article reconstructs the transfer using newly released archival papers of NWT Commissioner Stuart Hodgson, who oversaw the transfer and the development of government in the NWT until 1979. It analyzes the role federal public servants played in facilitating settler colonial development in northwestern Canada and, in turn, how that development affected the structure and work of the federal public service in Ottawa. While the transfer entrenched Westminster parliamentary government in the NWT, it also served as a focal point for Indigenous resurgence and resistance that has remade contemporary governance in the territory. |
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Settler colonialism and the administrative state: The transfer of the Government of the Northwest Territories to Yellowknife in 1967 |
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Settler colonialism and the administrative state: The transfer of the Government of the Northwest Territories to Yellowknife in 1967 |
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Settler colonialism and the administrative state: The transfer of the Government of the Northwest Territories to Yellowknife in 1967 |
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Settler colonialism and the administrative state: The transfer of the Government of the Northwest Territories to Yellowknife in 1967 |
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