At the intersection of Arctic indigenous governance and extractive industries: A survey of three cases

Surveying existing literature, this article offers a preliminary assessment of the intersection of Indigenous governance and Arctic extractive industries, with a special focus on how Indigenous governance institutions position themselves vis-à-vis resource extraction in three regions: Nunatsiavut (L...

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Published in:The Extractive Industries and Society
Main Author: Kuokkanen, Rauna Johanna
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/publications/dae0d850-9768-457e-bdc0-2148d2c02061
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2018.08.011
https://lacris.ulapland.fi/ws/files/5061388/At_the_intersection_of_Arctic_indigenous_governance_and_extractive_T_industries.pdf
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Summary:Surveying existing literature, this article offers a preliminary assessment of the intersection of Indigenous governance and Arctic extractive industries, with a special focus on how Indigenous governance institutions position themselves vis-à-vis resource extraction in three regions: Nunatsiavut (Labrador, Canada), Greenland and Sápmi (the Sámi territory in Scandinavia). As a survey of existing scholarship, interviewing representatives of the extractive industry or Indigenous governments was beyond the scope of this article and hence, the analysis and conclusions are both preliminary and schematic. They do demonstrate, however, that the relations and strategies vary considerably and tend to depend on the degree and jurisdiction of the Indigenous self-governing authority. Further, they point to a pressing need for more detailed research in this area.