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Collaboration on the Columbia River: How the Narrative of Environmental Justice and Management Affects Renegotiation

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  • The Columbia River Treaty (CRT), signed in 1964, is known widely as a successful transboundary river treaty between the United States and Canada. It was designed with a basic dual functional purpose, to increase flood prevention in the lower basin and to maximize hydroelectric power output between the two nations. Archival evidence tends to show that the CRT has been beneficial for both the US and Canada, the original signatories. However, 15 sovereign First Nation and Native American tribes within the Columbia River Basin were not included in the original negotiations. Now that parts of the transboundary treaty are expiring and the terms are being renegotiated, these indigenous peoples are insisting that their voices be heard and their values incorporated into the new treaty. As a result, collaborative negotiation processes have involved these indigenous peoples. The United States has incorporated some of the Columbia River Tribes’ views and concerns into their CRT proposal, and The Canadian Indigenous Tribes have been given official Observer status thanks to the Canadian Entity. The expectation is the introduction of a more diverse set of values and interests is likely to reshape the terms of the Columbia River Treaty in profound ways. The question is, what has led to the inclusion of Indigenous Peoples’ values and interests affecting the CRT’s renegotiation? The Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) is used here at the macro-policy level to explore this question by analyzing the narrative form of the political institutions to understand policy change within the subsystem to lead to this collaboration. Archival findings to date have shown a change in narrative related to the CRT that has been influenced by the Indigenous Peoples, and this development has led to a potential change in functionality of the CRT.
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