One of the challenges facing the oil and gas sector is the complications of working with both Indigenous communities in the energy-producing regions and Indigenous people living along the corridors leading from the oil sands and oil and gas producing regions to tidewater. [...] Eco-colonialism – marginalizing the concerns of Aboriginal communities The relationship between the environmental movement and Indigenous par- ticipation in the natural resource economy sits at the centre of the contem- porary debate about the First Nations and Métis engagement in the oil and gas sector. [...] While the consultation and accom- modation arrangements add to the complexity of corporate engagement com- pared to the approach in the 1970s and 1980s, the structured nature of the processes provide a measure of finality and clarity that has long been absent in the sector. [...] The result was the rapid expansion of the western economy, the enrichment of Alberta, the expansion of the oil and gas work- force, and the establishment of the Canadian sector as major contributor to the global energy economy. [...] 30 HOW FAR WE’VE COME: INDIGENOUS ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CANADIAN ENERGY ECONOMY The evolving contours of Indigenous engagement in the oil and gas sector Starting early in the 21st century, the oil and gas sector has emerged as the leading area of engagement between Indigenous peoples and the market economy in Canada.
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