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The questionable efficacy of acculturation: the case of the Canadian north
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- Author / Creator
- Ivanitz, Michele J.
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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.
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- Subjects / Keywords
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- Canol Pipeline
- Indians, Administration of
- Native Rights
- Native Peoples, Policy of Government
- Northwest Territories
- Community Development, Sociological
- Eskimos, Administration by Others
- Economic Development
- Inuit, Administration by Others
- Treaties with Native Peoples
- Landclaims, Native
- Sustainable Development
- Aboriginal Rights
- Natural Gas Exploitation
- Northwest Territories, District of Mackenzie
- Colonial Administration
- Development of Natural Resources, Economic
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- Graduation date
- 1985
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- Type of Item
- Thesis
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- Degree
- Master
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- 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.