States’ increasing recognition of Indigenous rights in the realm of natural resources has led to a variety of comanagement arrangements and other forms of melded authority, evolving over time into increasingly complex governance relationships. This article takes up such relationships within the analytical frame of multilevel governance, seeking lessons from the experiences of Indigenous involvement in water policy in Canada’s Northwest Territories (NWT). It examines the way that effective collaboration in resource governance can emerge within the space of tension between evolving Indigenous rights regimes and the continued sovereignty of the state. At the same time, the analysis raises questions about whether multilevel governance can contribute to meaningful decolonization of relationships between settler states and Indigenous Peoples.

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土著权利和多层次治理：向西北地区学习水管理战略

各国对自然资源领域中的土著权利的认识日益提高，导致了各种共同管理安排和其他形式的权力下放，随着时间的流逝逐渐发展为日益复杂的治理关系。本文在多层次治理的分析框架内探讨了此类关系，并从加拿大西北地区（NWT）土著人民参与水政策的经验中吸取了教训。它研究了在不断发展的土著权利制度与国家持续主权之间的紧张关系之内，如何在资源治理方面实现有效合作的方式。同时，该分析提出了以下问题：多级治理是否可以促进定居者国家与原住民之间关系的有意义的非殖民化。