The old people are the song, and we are their echo: resurgence of w̱ sáneć law and legal theory

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dc.contributor.advisorBoisselle, Andree
dc.contributor.authorClifford, Robert Justin
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-14T16:42:05Z
dc.date.available2022-12-14T16:42:05Z
dc.date.copyright2022-09-13
dc.date.issued2022-12-14
dc.date.updated2022-12-14T16:42:04Z
dc.degree.disciplineLaw
dc.degree.levelDoctoral
dc.degree.namePhD - Doctor of Philosophy
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation attends to pressing questions of strategy and tactics in relation to Indigenous law revitalization in the context of the climate crisis. Grounded in my own W̱SÁNEĆ legal order, I provide an accounting of the context in which the resurgence of W̱SÁNEĆ law is occurring, and clarity regarding what we hope to accomplish with the revitalization of W̱SÁNEĆ (and more broadly, Indigenous) law, both locally and in response to global climate crisis. Doing so prompts questioning of the very foundations of Canadian constitutionalism, and indeed, our most basic ideologies and conceptualizations of our place and relationships within the world. From a position that our theory and methodology of Indigenous law revitalization, and our diagnosis and approaches to the climate crisis must be intricately entwined and mutually reflective, the dissertation sets out to argue that nothing short of a fundamental reimagining of our relationships within the world, and thus the social, legal, political, and economic structures those relational understandings condition, is required. Approaching such encompassing questions requires the creation of conversations across fields such as Indigenous law, critical Indigenous studies, and political ecology. Guided by W̱SÁNEĆ law and the responsibilities and obligations it entails, how might we navigate ongoing dynamics of settler colonialism and climate crisis? While some form of “decolonized” relationship with Canada seems necessary but insufficient within the context of a global climate crisis, what would actually be required to meaningfully respond and reimagine healthy relationships between all beings? Will forms of state-delegated authority, such as co-management agreements, or forms of “green capitalism”, such as market measures or carbon offsets for Indigenous-led conservation, ever suffice to address our longstanding, and yet continually unfolding, predicaments of settler colonialism and climate crisis? As I argue for a more foundational re-imagining of our relationships and place within the world, my analysis also reveals that we are not left groundless in this re-imagining as we can draw upon the wisdom and practices housed within our respective Indigenous traditions.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/40775
dc.languageen
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dc.subjectLaw
dc.subjectClimate change
dc.subjectNative American studies
dc.subject.keywordsIndigenous
dc.subject.keywordsIndigenous law
dc.subject.keywordsIndigenous knowledge
dc.subject.keywordsIndigenous ontology
dc.subject.keywordsIndigenous legal theory
dc.subject.keywordsIndigenous methodology
dc.subject.keywordsIndigenous stories
dc.subject.keywordsFirst Nations
dc.subject.keywordsClimate
dc.subject.keywordsClimate change
dc.subject.keywordsClimate crisis
dc.subject.keywordsColonialism
dc.subject.keywordsSettler colonialism
dc.subject.keywordsLaw
dc.subject.keywordsCapitalism
dc.subject.keywordsSovereignty
dc.subject.keywordsPolitical ecology
dc.subject.keywordsEcology
dc.subject.keywordsEnvironment
dc.subject.keywordsNational Marine Conservation Area Reserve
dc.subject.keywordsIndigenous Protected and Conserved Areas
dc.subject.keywordsProperty
dc.subject.keywordsW̱SÁNEĆ
dc.subject.keywordsCoast Salish
dc.titleThe old people are the song, and we are their echo: resurgence of w̱ sáneć law and legal theory
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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