Project Title: Unearthing the Palimpsest: Indigenous Sovereignty, Diplomatic Negotiations, and International Relations Otherwise
Tomas Hatala, Carleton University
Tomas Hatala is a PhD candidate at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He examines the meanings of sovereignty within the multilayered legal framework of British Columbia vis-à-vis the First Nations. His research focuses on the Columbia River Treaty’s renegotiation process, specifically examining how the claims of the First Nations within the region are articulated within the broader context of the political and legal frameworks that overlap the territory. Underpinning these tensions is the question of how rivers – as a space upon which laws and treaties are inscribed and enacted – are perceived and understood by the various groups involved. The framework of sovereignty is useful as a conceptual building block of international relations for seeing how the “international” itself must be reconfigured when international negotiations involve both state and Indigenous actors. Tomas has an MA degree in communication from Simon Fraser University where he examined the regional shift toward the Left in Latin America (e.g. the “Pink Tide”) and an MA in political science from Concordia University where he analyzed the consultation process the Canadian and USA states undertook to involve stakeholders throughout the Columbia River Basin.
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