Settler Colonialism Seminar Group 24

2 o Non-Indigenous communities force this – privatization  Settler colonialism controls the input and output of the industry  The continued control over indigenous communities  Treating the indigenous fisheries like they were the problem in the first place  Don’t have an exploitive economy Question 3: what role the treaties play relative to how the lobster fishery is governed – at least 2 examples  Example 1: peace and friendship treaties – the right to hunt and fish o Codifying the traditional rights of Indigenous peoples o If respected – can be used to fight colonialism/corruption for the right to use land (land use rights)  Want to be protected – but the treaties aren’t respected by locals/government o Need to defend treaties and keep them recognized o Treaties were negotiated in an indigenous context as well – we have obligations to them as well o Treaties are seen as secondary in court  ‘Criminal case’ instead of ‘treaty rights case’  Not negotiating treaty rights – seen as criminals under law – underlying colonialism o Negotiations can endanger treaty rights o Treaty rights negotiations are for nature-based resources  Male dominated sectors – excludes Indigenous women  Indigenous women taking the lead in environmental conservation  Example 2: wanting to exercise treaty rights o Seen as breaking the law  Government ignores treaty rights as long as possible  Indigenous people are attacked by local fishing companies, police, government (DFO) o Getting assaulted by other communities and government  DFO wanted to assimilate all communities  Removes all traditional values  Martial agreements – reduces treaty rights o Looking for support from non-native community Question 4.1: what kind of alignments are reflected in this example of the lobster fishery?  Institutional alignments: DFO o Parameters are set by government – profit driven o Wanted to negotiate during the final hours of court case o Wanting to privatize and continue mega-development for production o Short term profits over long term stability  Government alignments o Wants money o Wants to control indigenous communities through uniform regulations  Local alignments o Local non-indigenous community: if privatization pressures increase, it becomes profit driven o Conservation of environment o Indigenous communities occupying traditional territories outside of reserves  Asserting sovereignty o Bay of Fundy fishing conservatory – didn’t go to DFO  Super easy