The questionable efficacy of acculturation: the case of the Canadian north

• Author / Creator

  Ivanitz, Michele J.

• Masters thesis. Provides evidence disconfirming the hypothesis of acculturation through use of testimony given by expert witnesses and community residents at Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry. States that government and industry operated within an invalid acculturation framework when dealing with northern development issues. Asserts that solution to resource development issues lies in accommodation of existing Dene and Inuvialuit ways of life alongside industrial development.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Native Peoples, Policy of Government
  • Landclaims, Native
  • Development of Natural Resources, Economic
  • Inuit, Administration by Others
  • Treaties with Native Peoples
  • Northwest Territories
  • Indians, Administration of
  • Northwest Territories, District of Mackenzie
  • Native Rights
  • Community Development, Sociological
  • Economic Development
  • Sustainable Development
  • Aboriginal Rights
  • Eskimos, Administration by Others
  • Colonial Administration
  • Canol Pipeline
  • Natural Gas Exploitation

• Graduation date

  1985

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Master

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R32R3P662

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.