Oil drilling, and its impact on indigenous societies, and the environment in the northwest territories of Canada

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Title：
Oil drilling, and its impact on indigenous societies, and the environment in the northwest territories of Canada
Author：
Carlos Junquera Rubio
Author Affiliation：
Retired from Department of Prehistory and Ethnology, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
Received：Jun.2, 2023
Accepted：Jun.25, 2023
Published：Jul.4, 2023

Abstract

The history of the search for oil, in Canada's Northwest Territories, began in the 1920s. History has three well-defined and very different phases. The first spans from 1920 to the early 1940s and met government criteria promulgated in the late 19th century; the second from 1942 to 1946 with a large presence of the North American army and with little presence of the Canadian authorities. After 1946, there was a long break until 1960. The third began strongly in 1970 and the drilling, extraction, and refining operations were conducted with federal legislation, action by the territorial parliament, political control, the opinion of the natives, etc. The second phase is the shortest and the one that did the most damage due to the uncontrolled presence of US Army personnel. After 1970, the opinion of the natives and the excellent decisions of Judge Thomas Berger was heard.

Keywords

Canada, northwest territories, indigenous, oil, projects, impacts.

Doi

https://doi.org/10.58396/gges020103

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