Indigenous Legalities, Pipeline Viscosities

Tyler McCreary is a settler from Wet'suwet'en territory and Associate Professor of Geography at Florida State University.

• Acknowledgements A Note on Terminology and Orthography Introduction: Indigenous Peoples and the Infrastructure of Colonialism I The Historical Context of the Wet’suwet’en Encounter with Colonialism 1 The First Century: Early Wet’suwet’en-Settler Relations 2 From Renunciation to Reconciliation: Colonialism Goes to Court II Pipeline Governance and the Arts of Reconciling Indigenous Peoples with Development 3 Indigeneity on the Page: Land Use and Occupancy Studies 4 Indigenizing Infrastructure: New Industrial Partnerships III Indigenous Resurgence and Enduring Conflicts over Territorial Sovereignty 5 Sovereignty’s Returns 6 The Ongoing Cycle of Struggle Appendix 1: The Five Wet’suwet’en Dïdikh and Their Yikh, Chiefs, and Other Hereditary Titles Appendix 2: Wet’suwet’en Bands Glossary: Wet’suwet’en Place Names, Witsuwit’en Terms, and Gitxsanimaax Terms Notes Bibliography Index

"Indigenous Legalities, Pipeline Viscosities documents Indigenous resistance to extractive projects, traditional territorial claims, and colonial energy development. The legal questions and observations are important innovations to help us better understand Indigenous-colonial resources conflicts." Andrew Curley, University of Arizona