More background:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/imperial-oil-spill-norman-wells-mackenzie-river-1.6536482
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/imperial-oil-leaders-reaction-n-w-t-1.7402916

Charles McNeely, the chairperson for SSI, said the land claim settled in the '90s has become a "backbone" for his community. It's something they "can really depend on," he said.
"This sets the stage ... for [Imperial Oil] to come to us now, they can't just come to our land and [do] whatever they want," he said. "You come see us if you want to do work in our backyard."
Colin Pierrot, the chief in the Sahtu community of Fort Good Hope, described it as a "huge win."
[...]
"It accords with what has been certainly the trend in courts since the mid-2000s, to try and give greater weight to treaties in accordance, not only with the words that they use, but with their intents and their purposes."

Late last month, Fort Good Hope's K'ahsho Got'ine Committee said that was too long - and Imperial's new licence should involve just enough time to safely shut down its Norman Wells operations.
[...]
While other communities, like Norman Wells, have highlighted the economic impact of Imperial's oil field - which is worth millions of dollars in tax revenue to the town - the [downstream] Fort Good Hope groups said they saw no such benefit.

I also learned about this USACE clusterfuck:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canol_Project
Which gave rise to Moby's next project:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canol_Heritage_Trail

Take the oil, leave the canol.

3: That's not what Sarah Vowell would advise

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