The Positivist-Post-Positivist Paradigm is the most appropriate paradigm for research on the subject of Northern Frontier, Northern Homeland by Thomas Berger (1988). This paradigm asserts that social science research is oriented toward Western cultures, which leads other regions to adapt to Western ideas. According to Travers (2010), “[t]he physical and social sciences are products of Western culture at a specific historical moment. [s]cience is a modern phenomenon, emerging at the pace of capitalism, industrialism, global expansion, and a liberal philosophy” (p. 9). Resourceful people living in the North would be forced to change the way they live if the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline were to be built. According to Berger (1988), “in developing governmental institutions in the North, we sought to impose our own system, to persuade the natives to conform to our political models (p. 236). The indigenous people have their own way of life, they choose their diet and live in a calm and peaceful country where they live on their own economy. The pipeline would destroy the Northern homeland. In an interview with the president of the National Indian Brotherhood, Berger (1988) told the survey: “Such projects have occurred many times in our history. They were, and are, the beginning of the type of developments that are destroying the way of life of indigenous peoples and depriving us of our economic, cultural and political independence” (p. 229). The pipeline would cause significant traffic and drilling. The noise that would be created by the pipeline would cause animals to migrate elsewhere, resulting in fewer hunts. Information obtained through scientific research can be used to predict and control nature...... middle of article...... Erger (1988), The Valley Pipeline Investigation Mackenzie allowed Northern businesses, governments and people to be able to control, to some extent, what will likely happen to the Northern homeland on the Northern frontier. In addition, it allowed us to discover perspectives of possible results. The post-positivist positivist paradigm has allowed us to understand the social world of indigenous peoples. Works Cited Berger, TR (1988). Northern Frontier Northern Homeland: The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry Report (rev. ed.). Vancouver: Douglas and McIntyre. Travers, A. (2010). The philosophy of social sciences. (SG). Simon Fraser University. Travers, A. (2010). The philosophy of social sciences. (Audio lecture 1). Simon Fraser University. Smith, T. L. (2008). Decolonization methodologies: research and indigenous peoples. Dunedin: Zed Books Ltd.