Caitlin Thompson

BA (Simon Fraser University, 2005)

Notice of the Final Oral Examination for the Degree of Master of Arts

Topic

Ground truthing: An exploration of Ancestral Governance in Nuxalk homelands

School of Public Administration

Date & location

Tuesday, May 7, 2024
10:00 A.M.
Virtual Defence

Examining Committee

Supervisory Committee

Dr. Sarah Marie Wiebe, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria (Supervisor)
Prof. Robert Lapper, School of Public Administration, UVic (Member)

External Examiner

Dr. Jeff Corntassel, School of Indigenous Governance, UVic

Chair of Oral Examination

Prof. Gregory Scofield, Department of Writing, UVic

Abstract

This thesis explores how Indigenous governance, as specific to Nuxalk, is important to Canada’s understanding of historic land dispossession, reconciliation, and community development. The study demonstrates how Nuxalk governance is inseparable from Nuxalk homelands, how governance supports Nuxalkmc’s rights and responsibilities related to their homelands and explores whether or not Nuxalk land governance is supported, broadly speaking, by specific goals in the Province of British Columbia’s Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Action Plan. Most importantly, the research will help to illuminate how Nuxalk governance is applicable, functioning, and practiced by Nuxalk people today.

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