Canada's aboriginal peoples are one of the constituencies most affected by the oil sands boom that has swept across northeastern Alberta in western Canada since the mid-1990s. This paper considers the reaction of these First Nations to exploiting the oil sands. It argues that the conventional view of the First Nations' positions is a caricature which pays insignificant attention to the important economic relationships that have developed between oil sands companies and some First Nations. These relationships mean that First Nations are both critics and supporters of exploiting this resource.

Last modified

• 01/02/2019

Creator

• Ian Urquhart

DOI

• https://doi.org/10.21985/N2BB4K

Alternate Identifier

• 10-005

Keyword

• sands
• buffett
• aboriginal

Date created

• 2010

Resource type

• Research Paper

Rights statement

• In Copyright