LABRST 4F03 Chapter 2: Indigeneity and Resource Development in Canada Part 1
21 Jan 2019
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The lasting impact of the berger inquiry into the construction of a pipeline in the mackenzie valley. In:(eds) inwood, gregory j: johns, carolyn m commissions of inquiry and policy change: a comparative analysis. University of toronto press, toronto, pp 88 - 112. The berger inquiry highlighted the impacts of the pipeline on the indigenous community, as the pipeline was to be constructed through protected land which conflicted with indigenous land rights. Indigenous peoples, with their deeply rooted connections to the land and emulating their passion to protect their land from radical change. The berger inquiry encompassed energy from social movements such as modern treaty negotiations and the inclusion of aboriginal and treaty rights in the constitution. The inquiry highlighted the north as a homeland, rather than a frontier and this sparked the political mobilization of the northern indigenous peoples. Valley pipeline as a social process and encaptured the social and political impacts of the pipeline on the indigenous community.
