Social Equity and Environmental Justice

A long history of colonialism and social inequity in the Arctic has left northern indigenous peoples highly vulnerable to environmental damage. This form of human rights abuse is one of selective victimization in which Native groups are deprived of critical resources and a healthy environment while others remain free to live in a healthy setting.

Introduction

• Looking Back in History

Case Studies

• Alaska Natives and the Land Claims Settlement Act of 1971

• The James Bay Agreement and the Crees of Northern Quebec
• Struggle Over Land and Resources in the Russian North
• Contamination at Red Dog Mine [Alaska]
• National Missile Defense: the Arctic Dimension
• The Arctic's Military Legacy
• Nunavut ("Our Land") - Canada
• The Future of Voisey's Bay
• The Exxon Valdez Oil Disaster: Ten Years Later - Pamela A. Miller
• Pipeline in Peril - Richard A. Fineberg
• The Emperor's New Hose [A Status Report on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, June, 2002] - Richard A. Fineberg
• Black Snow: Oil and the Eastern Khanty of Russia - Andrew Wiget
• Impact of Uranium Mining on Indigenous Workers in Canada's North West Territories
• Land Rights, Linguistic Rights, and Cultural Autonomy for the Finnish Sami People
• Telling our own Stories: The Role, Development and Future of Aboriginal Communications - Gail Guthrie Valaskakis
• Ontario Hydro's Proposed Used Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility - Comments by Chippewas of Canada's Nawash First Nation
• Alternative to Genocide: The Yuganskii Khanty Biosphere Reserve - Andrew Wiget and Olga Balalaeva
• Aboriginal Claims in Canada - Elaine L. Simpson
• The Northern Contaminants Program - Canadian Government

Commissions, Resolutions, and Reports

• Environmental Stewardship - Assembly of First Nations [Canada]
• Ethical Principles for the Conduct of Research in the North - Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies
• Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Canada
• Alaska Natives Commission - Final Report - Volume One
• Alaska Natives Commission - Final Report - Volume Two
• Resolutions and Reports

Updated: June 20, 2007