Querying water co-governance: Yukon first nations and water governance in the context of modern land claim agreements

• Main Author: Nicole J. Wilson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Water Alternatives Association 2020
• Subjects: co-governance; environmental justice; indigenous law; indigenous water governance; modern land claims; yukon; canada; Hydraulic engineering; TC1-978; Yukon; Canada; Tagish; Carcross; First Nations
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/c39dd5dd95e34dafb607e376fe370647

There exist few examples of functioning water co-governance systems where Indigenous and settler colonial governments work together to share authority for water on a nation-to-nation basis. In this paper I examine the multiple barriers to achieving water co-governance, highlighted by a multidimensio...