Northern Lights New owners in their own land : minerals and Inuit land claims

Type
Book
ISBN 10
1552380971 
ISBN 13
9781552380970 
LCCN
E99.E7M345 
DDC
346.719 
Category
Indigenous Law  [ Browse Items ]
Publication Year
2003 
Volume
Pages
305 
Series Name
Abstract
"Examines the historical dispute over land selection and subsurface rights in Nunavut from oil and gas exploration to Inuit self-determination" -cover  
Description
Contents:

Keewatin Events: Economic background / Rankin Inlet nickel / The Nickel mine's impact / Community life / Effects of the mine closure in 1962 / Central Keewatin interaction and leadership growth / Relocation events and effects / Growth of leadership and advocacy -- Exploration Pressures: Early geological exploration and prospecting / Growth of exploration and prospecting / Growth of exploration in the 1960s / Native response to explorationists and their allies / Keewatin exploration boom.

Inuit Political Organization : Inuit Eskimo Association (IEA) / The Founding of the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (ITC) / Beginnings of COPE / The Berger Inquiry / Inuit Nunavut proposal / Polar gas pipeline responses / COPE Inuvialuit Nunangat proposal / COPE Agreement -in-Principle / Gathering sense of unified action -- Caribou aboriginal rights case -- The Nanisivik Mine: Introduction / Early history / Exploration and pre-development of the mine / Social environment / Feasibility study contacts / Negotiating the agreement / Token consultation and ITC conflict / Native employment / A future for the Inuit.

Final agreement / Mine performance / Inuit employment study / Inuit work record / Personal attitudes / Results of the study / Ongoing policy / The future / Aftermath of Nanisivik -- The Road to Nunavut: A singular proposal by ITC and its aftermath / Land claim negotiations / Emergence of the Tungavik Federation of Nunavut / Some feedback to developers / The Western Arctic claim: the Inuvialuit final agreement / Land-claim negotiations are stepped up / The Coolican report and more negotiations / Putting the land in land-claim negotiations / At last, an agreement in principle.

Exploration Presses On: Calming the waters / A buoyant but changing industry / Some Inuit responses / Uranium development projects make news / The effect of land claims on exploration / Projects under Native and environmental scrutiy / The Kiggavid project review has its detractos / Scoping workshops and aftermath / Gathering opposition / EIS fuels more controversy / Baker Lake rejects the mine / UG suspends the Kiggavik project / Summation -- New Owners: Agreement-in-principle at last / Personal note / Organizing the team / Prep work and philosophy / Thoughts on subsurface quantum. 
Biblio Notes
"Co-published with The Arctic Institute of North America"--Page 4 of cover.  
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