In two recent articles,3 American Indian studies professor Duane Champagne challenges &am... more In two recent articles,3 American Indian studies professor Duane Champagne challenges 'Western' academic disciplines' epistemological ability to analyse contemporary Indigeneity.4 Specifically, their failure to consider Indigenous collectivities' active role in colonial ...
Abstract. Scholars have long noted the central place of racialization in the last five centuries ... more Abstract. Scholars have long noted the central place of racialization in the last five centuries of colonial rule and likewise the crossracial encounters and eventual colo-nial intimacies regulated in its shadow. In the conceptual terrain posted by these demarcations, this article explores ...
After more than a century of enumerating Aboriginality as a form of ethnic ancestry, in 1986 Stat... more After more than a century of enumerating Aboriginality as a form of ethnic ancestry, in 1986 Statistics Canada added an Aboriginal ‘self-identification’ question to the census, effectively creating two populations: one based on ‘Aboriginal ancestry’, the other on ‘Aboriginal identity’. This paper argues that the legitimacy of the new Aboriginal ‘identity’ population stems not from its ability to measure Aboriginal identity more accurately than previous enumerative strategies, but from the fact that its ‘self-identification’ categories better produce the kind of data used by officials to implement development-based policies in their attempts to improve Aboriginal quality of life in Canada. Using interviews from Aboriginal census field agents, the paper explores how and why such policy classifications have come to be so deeply misrecognized as exhaustive or acontextual categories of identity and the kinds of Aboriginal sociality they potentially foreclose upon in doing so.
In two recent articles,3 American Indian studies professor Duane Champagne challenges 'Weste... more In two recent articles,3 American Indian studies professor Duane Champagne challenges 'Western' academic disciplines' epistemological ability to analyse contemporary Indigeneity.4 Specifically, their failure to consider Indigenous collectivities' active role in colonial ...
In recent years, Aboriginal justice projects have gained in popularity in such places as Australi... more In recent years, Aboriginal justice projects have gained in popularity in such places as Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and Canada. However, these programs have remained relatively insulated from external critique, particularly as it relates to the problem ...
Abstract In recent years, Aboriginal justice projects have gained in popularity in such places as... more Abstract In recent years, Aboriginal justice projects have gained in popularity in such places as Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and Canada. However, these programs have remained relatively insulated from external critique, particularly as it relates to the problem ...
Welcome to the first ever issue of aboriginal policy studies. The mandate of aboriginal policy st... more Welcome to the first ever issue of aboriginal policy studies. The mandate of aboriginal policy studies is to publish original, scholarly, and policya relevant research on issues relevant to Métis, nonastatus Indians, and urban Aboriginal peoples in Canada. In this context, we ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to better understand the meanings of community, particular... more ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to better understand the meanings of community, particularly as it is understood within the context of sport, for urban Aboriginal youth and adults in Edmonton, Alberta.
In this commentary on Daniels v. Canada, we discuss the cultural power of legal discourse, and mo... more In this commentary on Daniels v. Canada, we discuss the cultural power of legal discourse, and more specifically, we argue that the logics that various actors have drawn from Daniels work to marginalize, if not gut completely, policy logics that are based on a respect for Métis peoplehood. In doing so, we analyze one unintended yet predictable outcome of the decision: the growth of new self-declared Métis or Indian groups, such as the Mikinak Tribe of Québec, who see Daniels as an opportunity to capitalize on the perceived benefits of being Indigenous in Canada. We conclude that while Métis inclusion in s.35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 and now
In two recent articles,3 American Indian studies professor Duane Champagne challenges &am... more In two recent articles,3 American Indian studies professor Duane Champagne challenges 'Western' academic disciplines' epistemological ability to analyse contemporary Indigeneity.4 Specifically, their failure to consider Indigenous collectivities' active role in colonial ...
Abstract. Scholars have long noted the central place of racialization in the last five centuries ... more Abstract. Scholars have long noted the central place of racialization in the last five centuries of colonial rule and likewise the crossracial encounters and eventual colo-nial intimacies regulated in its shadow. In the conceptual terrain posted by these demarcations, this article explores ...
After more than a century of enumerating Aboriginality as a form of ethnic ancestry, in 1986 Stat... more After more than a century of enumerating Aboriginality as a form of ethnic ancestry, in 1986 Statistics Canada added an Aboriginal ‘self-identification’ question to the census, effectively creating two populations: one based on ‘Aboriginal ancestry’, the other on ‘Aboriginal identity’. This paper argues that the legitimacy of the new Aboriginal ‘identity’ population stems not from its ability to measure Aboriginal identity more accurately than previous enumerative strategies, but from the fact that its ‘self-identification’ categories better produce the kind of data used by officials to implement development-based policies in their attempts to improve Aboriginal quality of life in Canada. Using interviews from Aboriginal census field agents, the paper explores how and why such policy classifications have come to be so deeply misrecognized as exhaustive or acontextual categories of identity and the kinds of Aboriginal sociality they potentially foreclose upon in doing so.
In two recent articles,3 American Indian studies professor Duane Champagne challenges 'Weste... more In two recent articles,3 American Indian studies professor Duane Champagne challenges 'Western' academic disciplines' epistemological ability to analyse contemporary Indigeneity.4 Specifically, their failure to consider Indigenous collectivities' active role in colonial ...
In recent years, Aboriginal justice projects have gained in popularity in such places as Australi... more In recent years, Aboriginal justice projects have gained in popularity in such places as Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and Canada. However, these programs have remained relatively insulated from external critique, particularly as it relates to the problem ...
Abstract In recent years, Aboriginal justice projects have gained in popularity in such places as... more Abstract In recent years, Aboriginal justice projects have gained in popularity in such places as Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and Canada. However, these programs have remained relatively insulated from external critique, particularly as it relates to the problem ...
Welcome to the first ever issue of aboriginal policy studies. The mandate of aboriginal policy st... more Welcome to the first ever issue of aboriginal policy studies. The mandate of aboriginal policy studies is to publish original, scholarly, and policya relevant research on issues relevant to Métis, nonastatus Indians, and urban Aboriginal peoples in Canada. In this context, we ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to better understand the meanings of community, particular... more ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to better understand the meanings of community, particularly as it is understood within the context of sport, for urban Aboriginal youth and adults in Edmonton, Alberta.
In this commentary on Daniels v. Canada, we discuss the cultural power of legal discourse, and mo... more In this commentary on Daniels v. Canada, we discuss the cultural power of legal discourse, and more specifically, we argue that the logics that various actors have drawn from Daniels work to marginalize, if not gut completely, policy logics that are based on a respect for Métis peoplehood. In doing so, we analyze one unintended yet predictable outcome of the decision: the growth of new self-declared Métis or Indian groups, such as the Mikinak Tribe of Québec, who see Daniels as an opportunity to capitalize on the perceived benefits of being Indigenous in Canada. We conclude that while Métis inclusion in s.35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 and now
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