ES 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: David Suzuki Foundation, Terra Nullius, Engo

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Environmental Studies
• Course: ES 301
• Professor: Anita Girvan

Document Summary

Land is an important conversation for indigenous peoples and canada to have because land is at the root of our conflicts. Far from asking settler canadians to pack up and leave, it is critical that we think about how we can better share land leanne simpson. Government"s form of reconciliation is drastically difference than the form of reconciliation viewed by many indigenous peoples". In this sense, the relationship is not one of reciprocity and understanding but one of domination by government. Indigenous-engo relationships: crucial in establishing the importance of certain areas/lands to indigenous peoples. However, ngos tend to have their goals to meet and attach themselves to first nations because they have political leverage. Trying to meet their own goals rather than indigenous goals. Echos of utilitarian nature of environmental groups to use first nations when it suits their purposes but the ngos have their own agendas.