A Genealogy of Refusal : Walking away from crisis and scarcity narratives

The politics of refusal: Aboriginal sovereignty and the Northern Gateway pipeline

Key Messages Claims of Aboriginal sovereignty over territory crossed by proposed pipeline are substantive and practised, and well-grounded in Canadian law. Aboriginal presentations to the Joint Review Panel are examples of a politics of refusal based in Aboriginal knowledge, governance, experience, and perspective, rather than merely a response to a specific proposal. Geographic research on natural resource development would benefit from more incorporation of Aboriginal theory.