NOTE: Each chapter includes
- Introduction
- Conclusion
- Discussion Questions
- Recommended Reading
- Notes
Introduction (NEW)
Gina Starblanket and David Long
Understanding the Crises in the Current Relations Between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Peoples in
Canada
Honouring Diverse Indigenous Knowledge
Interrogating the Ways, Means, and Framings of Colonialism
Concluding Remarks
1. Crises of Relationship: The Role of Treaties in contemporary Indigenous-Settler Relations (NEW)
Gina Starblanket
Reviewing the Contested
Terrain of Relationship
Demythologizing Treaties
Relational Understanding
Are Treaties Relevant, and to Whom?
For a Better Future
2. The "Canada Problem" in Indigenous Politics
David Newhouse and Yale Belanger
Indigenous Peoples and Canada
The Colonial
Legacy
Addressing the "Indian Problem" in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century
Addressing the "Canada Problem"
The Push for Indigenous Self-Government
The Penner Report
Into the Twenty-First Century
Concluding Remarks on a Way Forward
3. Nishnaabeg Brilliance as
Radical Resurgence Theory (NEW)
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Biiskabiyang and Flight
Nishnaabewin as Grounded Normativity
4. Colonialism, Gender Violence, and the Making of the Canadian State (NEW)
Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark
Domesticity and the Construction of
Indigenous Deviancy
Marking Indigenous Bodies for Death
Freezing Indigenous Identity in the Past
5. Piecing Together Modern Treaty Politics in the Yukon (NEW)
Lianne Marie Leda Charlie
Modern Treaty Politics in the Yukon
Critiques and Concerns
6. "The Place
Where the Hearts Gather": Against Damage-Centred Narratives of Urban Indigeneity (NEW)
Dallas Hunt
Historical and Literary Contexts
Indigenous (Re)framings of "Urban Indigeneity"
Methodology
Resurgent Indians
7. Why Calgary isn't Métis Territory: Jigging Towards an
Ethic of Reciprocal Visiting (NEW)
Daniel Voth and Jessie Loyer
Who Are the Métis?
Being in a Place Does Not Make it Yours
How to Jig in Treaty #7 While Being a Good Guest
Towards an Ethic of Reciprocal Visiting, or, How Not to Be an Asshole Outside Your Territory
8.
Transforming Toxic Indigenous Masculinity: A Critical Indigenous Masculinities and Indigenous Film Studies Approach to Drunktown's Finest (NEW)
Renae Watchman and Robert Alexander Innes
Critical Indigenous Masculinities
Indigenous Film Studies
Drunktown's Finest
9.
Foundations: First Nation and Métis Families
Kim Anderson and Jessica Ball
Foundations: Kinship and Historical Indigenous Societies
Dismantling the Foundation
First Nation and Métis Families Today
Putting the Pieces Back Together
10. Terminating Canada's Failed System
of Injustice: Unmasking Colonialism, Redefining Relationships, and Re-establishing Balance
Lisa Monchalin and Olga Marques
The Mass Incarceration and Disproportionate Victimization of Indigenous Peoples
The Colonizing Approach to Justice: Police, Courts, and Corrections
Colonial
Continuity and Participatory Criminal Justice Programming
Indigenous Peoples and Sentencing Initiatives
Structurally Racist Criminal Justice System
The Way Forward: Re-establishing Peace, Friendship, and Indigenous Systems of Justice
11. All Our Relations: Indigenous Perspectives
on Environmental Issues in Canada
Deborah McGregor
Indigenous Concepts of Environment: All of Creation
Indigenous Legal Traditions and Environmental Responsibilities
Historical Context: Dispossession of Lands and the Environmental Crisis
Increasing Indigenous Control in
Environmental Governance
Reconciliation with the Natural World
Moving Forward: Nation-to-Nation Relationships
12. Learning from Indigenous Knowledge in Education
Jan Hare and Sara Florence Davidson
The Role of Indigenous Knowledge in Traditional Education
Colonizing
Indigenous Knowledge in Education
The Intergenerational Legacy of Residential Schooling
Creating Space for Indigenous Knowledge in Education Today
The Way Ahead
13. Moosehide Tanning and Wellness in the North (NEW)
Mandee
McDonald
Self-Location
Method
Land-Based Education
Interview with Stephanie Poole
Interview with Cheyanna Fraser
On-the-Land Programming
Obstacles and Opportunities
14. Enacting Reconciliation (NEW)
Joyce Green
Colonialism Then and Now
Recognition,
Remorse, Restitution, Reconciliation
Enacting Reconciliation
Ignorance, Myth, and Memory
Reconciliation: Really?
Imagining New Futures: A Concluding Dialogue [NEW]
Glossary
References
Index
Student Study Guide:
For each chapter:
- Chapter outline
- 4-6 learning objectives
- 10 study questions
- 5-10 further readings
- 3-5 websites
Web Resources:
- New suggested multimedia resources for each chapter available as clickable links
E-Book
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Gina Starblanket, University of Calgary
Gina is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science. Gina is Cree/Salteaux and a member of the Star Blanket Cree Nation in Treaty 4 territory in Saskatchewan. Gina's research is and has been geared toward bringing about change to
the way the Indigenous-state relationship is set up. Her research has a practical application to the world around her, and to the intersectional and community-driven approach she uses to explore research questions. She recently completed her PhD in Fall 2018.
David Long, The King's
University
David is a professor of Sociology and is committed to cultivating deeper understanding and appreciation for the experiences, strengths, and contributions of diverse populations in Canada. He has received numerous awards for the contributions that earlier editions of Visions of the
Heart have made to our understanding of relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada
The late Olive Patricia Dickason, University of Alberta
Dr. Dickason was a professor emeritus at the University of Alberta and adjunct professor of history at the University of
Ottawa. She was named a Member of the Order of Canada in 1996 and received the Aboriginal Life Achievement Award, Canadian Native Arts Foundation, in 1997. In 2017, the University of Alberta held an event to recognize her contribution to scholarship. Throughout her distinguished career she remained
proud of her Métis heritage.
Indigenous Peoples in the Twenty-First Century - James S. Frideres
Racism, Colonialism, and Indigeneity in Canada - Edited by Martin J. Cannon and Lina Sunseri
Indigenous Peoples within Canada - Olive Patricia Dickason and William Newbigging
Aboriginal History - Kristin Burnett and Geoff Read
Philosophy and Aboriginal Rights - Edited by Sandra Tomsons and Lorraine Mayer
Canada's First Nations - The late Olive Patricia Dickason and David T. McNab
Native Peoples - Edited by C. Roderick Wilson and Christopher Fletcher
