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The changing role and significance of native peoples: In Canada's Northwest Territories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

William C. Wonders
William C. Wonders
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2H4
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Abstract

In Canada's Northwest Territories native peoples constitute the majority of the population, a unique situation which has recently had significant repercussions, national as well as regional, and will continue to do so in the foreseeable future. Native peoples are already playing an increasingly important role politically and economically in the Territories, currently illustrated by a proposed restructuring of the northern political map of Canada. Resolution of Comprehensive Land Claims with the Government of Canada will provide them with a major role in resource development and in policy governing it. At the time that many native peoples are entering into more active participation in modern society, renewed interest that others are showing in aspects of traditional culture creates at least a potential source of friction among them.

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Polar Record , Volume 23 , Issue 147 , September 1987 , pp. 661 - 671
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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