Date of Graduation
2003
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MA
Committee Chair
Robert Q. Hanham
Abstract
This thesis examines the interaction between the Innu of Labrador, an indigenous people in Canada, and the state since the middle twentieth century. The changing spatiality of this interaction can be understood through the analysis of the politics of scale. The scale of Innu social practices has historically been wide-ranging and fluid. Since the 1950s, the state has been increasingly involved in development projects on the lands the Innu have traditionally occupied. The state’s solution to the unwanted presence of the Innu was to settle, and therefore rescale, them in two settlements in the 1960s. The Innu’s struggle to regain their rights since then has been shaped by their local dependence and the difficulty they have faced in forming coalitions with local stakeholders. Since the 1980s, the Innu have had to construct multi-scaled coalitions with other agents at broader scales to counter the state’s socio-economic and land use policies.
Recommended Citation
Hardin, Janice M., "The rescaling of the Innu." (2003). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 10763.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/10763