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Description
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.
Contributor Notes
Mark O. Dickerson is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary and the author and editor of a number of books on politics.
Editorial Reviews
This book is readable, well researched, and simple enough to be useful in high school and junior college social studies classes. For anyone looking for a guide to help sort out the issues, Dickerson's carefully reasoned and thoroughly researched study is a useful place to turn.
— Arctic Circle
A trail-blazing study of one of Canada's enduring problems: how to weave the native peoples of the NWT into the national governmental fabric. Well written, based on thorough research, and well indexed.
— Choice
Good, crisp summary of developments in the NWT in this century and a thought-provoking, accessible assessment of important contemporary issues
— Left History
