Cliff is a Ts’msyen (Kitsumkalum/Kitselas) and Nuu-chah-nulth (Ahousaht) scholar who researches and teaches Indigenous governance, political economy, and resource management. He is interested in how Indigenous communities navigate/adopt/resist mainstream capitalism while working to sustain their unique cultural identities and worldviews. Cliff is particularly interested in how Indigenous communities and leaders continue to assert agency and promote sustainable development within the confines of settler colonial politics and economics. He has recently published on Indigenous communities and capitalism, extractive bargains, Indigenous food systems planning, and just transition.

Clifford Atleo is a Research Partner in The Economics & Environmental Policy Research Network project.