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Honouring indigenous treaty rights for climate justice

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Expansion of the oil sands industry in Canada has caused land destruction and social friction. Canada could become a leader in climate governance by honouring treaty commitments made with indigenous peoples.

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Figure 1: Location of protests held throughout Canada objecting to the extraction of bitumen from oil sands, the construction of pipelines for its transport to markets, and/or demanding climate change action.
Figure 2: Treaty boundaries in Canada.

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This article was conceived with inspiration from Aboriginal people within Treaty Six, Treaty Eight and Treaty Ten. We are grateful for comments from T. Jardine (University of Saskatchewan).

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  1. School of Environment and Sustainability, Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, S7N 5B3, Canada

    C. S. Mantyka-Pringle

  2. Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon S7N 5B1, Canada,

    C. N. Westman

  3. Cardiff School of Planning and Geography, Sustainable Places Research Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3WA, UK

    A. P. Kythreotis

  4. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, T6G 2E9, Alberta, Canada

    D. W. Schindler

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Mantyka-Pringle, C., Westman, C., Kythreotis, A. et al. Honouring indigenous treaty rights for climate justice. Nature Clim Change 5, 798–801 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2714

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