University of British Columbia Press
Whose North?
Political Change, Political Development, and Self Government in the Northwest Territories
9780774804189
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Whose North?
Political Change, Political Development, and Self Government in the Northwest Territories
Residents of the Northwest Territories today face a number of difficult political issues: land claims, division of the territories, constitutional development, self-government, an accord for sharing resource revenues, and the establishment of their place within the Canadian federation. Whose North? provides the context for a better understanding of these issues and traces the evolution of an innovative, increasingly indigenous, governmental process. Today, eighteen of the twenty-four legislators are Native and the non-partisan, consensus style of government is unique in Canada.
Table of Contents
Maps, Figures, and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Political Change, Political Development, and the Crisis of Legitimacy
2 Geography, Demography, Economy, and Cultures
3 Formulating Process and Policies: The Historical Dimension, 1920-50
4 Changing Policies, Not the Process: The Colonial Legacy, 1950-67
5 Changing the Political Process of the NWT, 1967-79
6 A More Autonomous Government of the NWT, 1979-91
7 Self-Government and Political Development in the NWT
Notes
Bibliography
Index