"WE ARE FIGHTING FOR OURSELVES" — FIRST NATIONS' EVALUATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROCESSES
This article presents results from research into the perspectives on environmental assessments of Canadian indigenous peoples, in particular British Columbia's West Moberly First Nations, the Halfway River First Nation, and the Treaty 8 Tribal Association. This collaborative project interviewed...
Main Authors: | , |
---|---|
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | unknown |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S1464333211003936 |
id |
ftrepec:oai:RePEc:wsi:jeapmx:v:13:y:2011:i:03:n:s1464333211003936 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftrepec:oai:RePEc:wsi:jeapmx:v:13:y:2011:i:03:n:s1464333211003936 2023-05-15T16:14:36+02:00 "WE ARE FIGHTING FOR OURSELVES" — FIRST NATIONS' EVALUATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROCESSES ANNIE BOOTH NORM W. SKELTON http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S1464333211003936 unknown http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S1464333211003936 article ftrepec 2020-12-04T13:32:14Z This article presents results from research into the perspectives on environmental assessments of Canadian indigenous peoples, in particular British Columbia's West Moberly First Nations, the Halfway River First Nation, and the Treaty 8 Tribal Association. This collaborative project interviewed First Nation government officials and staff as well as community members to determine their analyses of what worked and, more significantly, what did not work in engaging and consulting indigenous people. This research identified significant failings in Canadian and British Columbia environmental assessment processes, including substantive procedural failures, relational failures between First Nation, provincial and federal governments, and fundamental philosophical differences between assessment processes and indigenous worldviews. Based upon their review of environmental assessment failings, the collaborating First Nations recommend a fundamental revision of environmental assessment processes so as to protect into the future their Treaty and Aboriginal rights and to ensure their survival as distinct and viable cultures upon the land. First Nations, environmental assessment, consultation, British Columbia Environmental Assessment Office, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, Treaty 8 Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) Halfway River ENVELOPE(-121.436,-121.436,56.217,56.217) Moberly ENVELOPE(-63.668,-63.668,-64.739,-64.739) |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) |
op_collection_id |
ftrepec |
language |
unknown |
description |
This article presents results from research into the perspectives on environmental assessments of Canadian indigenous peoples, in particular British Columbia's West Moberly First Nations, the Halfway River First Nation, and the Treaty 8 Tribal Association. This collaborative project interviewed First Nation government officials and staff as well as community members to determine their analyses of what worked and, more significantly, what did not work in engaging and consulting indigenous people. This research identified significant failings in Canadian and British Columbia environmental assessment processes, including substantive procedural failures, relational failures between First Nation, provincial and federal governments, and fundamental philosophical differences between assessment processes and indigenous worldviews. Based upon their review of environmental assessment failings, the collaborating First Nations recommend a fundamental revision of environmental assessment processes so as to protect into the future their Treaty and Aboriginal rights and to ensure their survival as distinct and viable cultures upon the land. First Nations, environmental assessment, consultation, British Columbia Environmental Assessment Office, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, Treaty 8 |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
ANNIE BOOTH NORM W. SKELTON |
spellingShingle |
ANNIE BOOTH NORM W. SKELTON "WE ARE FIGHTING FOR OURSELVES" — FIRST NATIONS' EVALUATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROCESSES |
author_facet |
ANNIE BOOTH NORM W. SKELTON |
author_sort |
ANNIE BOOTH |
title |
"WE ARE FIGHTING FOR OURSELVES" — FIRST NATIONS' EVALUATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROCESSES |
title_short |
"WE ARE FIGHTING FOR OURSELVES" — FIRST NATIONS' EVALUATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROCESSES |
title_full |
"WE ARE FIGHTING FOR OURSELVES" — FIRST NATIONS' EVALUATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROCESSES |
title_fullStr |
"WE ARE FIGHTING FOR OURSELVES" — FIRST NATIONS' EVALUATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROCESSES |
title_full_unstemmed |
"WE ARE FIGHTING FOR OURSELVES" — FIRST NATIONS' EVALUATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROCESSES |
title_sort |
"we are fighting for ourselves" — first nations' evaluation of british columbia and canadian environmental assessment processes |
url |
http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S1464333211003936 |
long_lat |
ENVELOPE(-121.436,-121.436,56.217,56.217) ENVELOPE(-63.668,-63.668,-64.739,-64.739) |
geographic |
Halfway River Moberly |
geographic_facet |
Halfway River Moberly |
genre |
First Nations |
genre_facet |
First Nations |
op_relation |
http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S1464333211003936 |
_version_ |
1766000381255483392 |