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“United States shall so legislate and act as to secure the permanent prosperity and happiness of said Indians”: Policy Implications of the Apache Nation’s 1852 Treaty International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2022-03-18 John Welch
As binding contracts among sovereigns, treaties between Indigenous and Western Nations set parameters for and guide policies that recognize Indigenous Peoples’ rights and that harmonize those rights with non-Indigenous interests. Because treaties engage specific terms, parties, and geographies, detailed analyses of treaty texts and historical contexts are required foundations for understanding Treaty
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Understanding Manitoba Inuit’s Social Programs Utilization and Needs: Methodological Innovations International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-29 Josée Lavoie,Leah McDonnell,Nathan Nickel,Wayne Clark,Caroline Anawak,Jack Anawak,Levinia Brown,Grace Clark,Maata Evaluardjuk-Palmer,Frederick Ford,Rachel Dutton,Alan Katz,Sabrina Wong
Manitoba is home to approximately 1,500 Inuit, and sees 16,000 consults yearly from the Kivalliq region of Nunavut to access services. The purpose of our study was to develop detailed profiles of Inuit accessing services in Manitoba, by using administrative data routinely collected by Manitoban agencies, to support the development of Inuit-centric services. This study was conducted in partnership with
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Framing Land Governance Issues in Indigenous and Settler Media within Canada International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-07 Robert Harding,Sterling Ray
This comparative study examines how the framing of Indigenous land governance issues—such as resource extraction activities on Indigenous territory and treaty negotiation—in Indigenous media differs from that in corporate news. Methods of Critical Discourse Analysis were applied to 66 news texts published in 2018 in large corporate newspapers, such as the National Post, and small Indigenous news outlets
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The Centrality of Education for Indigenous Income Mobility in Canada International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-10 Michael Haan,Georgina Chuatico,Jules Cornetet
In this article, we employ a multinomial logistic regression model to determine which factors predict middle- and upper income class belonging among Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. We examine the impact of identity, education, occupation, and urbanization on income status. The positive impact of higher education is captured by the model; however, post-secondary education has a greater impact
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Invoking the Famine and Pestilence Clause to be Paired with the Medicine Chest Clause from the Numbered Treaties International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2021-10-29 Carrie Bourassa,Danette Starblanket,Jennifer Langan,Mikayla Hagel,Sadie Anderson,Marlin Legare,Meghan Chapados
Treaty-based strategies are required to address the unique needs of Indigenous communities in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic. A treaty-based approach should recognize provisions within the Numbered Treaties, including the Famine and Pestilence Clause and Medicine Chest Clause, agreed to during the signing of Treaty 6 in 1876. The Famine and Pestilence Clause established the Crown’s obligation
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Community Journey of Change Through Relational Determinants of Health International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2021-10-25 Shelley Cardinal,Debra Pepler
This article describes a model that maps Indigenous communities’ journeys from the cycle of violence arising from colonization to the circle of wellness through relational determinants of health. This model emerged from learning with Indigenous communities participating in research on violence prevention programming with the Canadian Red Cross. Indigenous communities have shown us that they are returning
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Indigenous Governance Systems and Democracy in Ethiopia: Yejoka Qicha System of the Gurage People International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2021-10-08 Birhanu Bitew,Asabu Sewenet,Getachew Fentahun
Indigenous governance systems within the Eastern African nation of Ethiopia are often dismissed by Western political elites as undemocratic. We assessed the nature of and level of democracy in Indigenous governance systems in Ethiopia by focusing on the Yejoka Qicha of the Gurage people. We found that, while the Yejoka Qicha system includes democratic elements that can support national efforts to consolidate
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"I Used to be Scared to Even Like Stand Beside Somebody Who Had It": HIV Risk Behaviours and Perceptions among Indigenous People Who Use Drugs International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2021-10-07 Jennifer Lavalley,Western Aboriginal Harm Reduction Society,Christopher Livingstone,Melissa Steinhauer,Ashley Goodman,Thomas Kerr
Objectives: In Canada, and elsewhere, Indigenous people who use illicit drugs and/or alcohol (WUID/A) experience a disproportionate burden of HIV-related harm. This study examined HIV risk perceptions and behaviours among Indigenous people WUID/A living in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) and the policies and practices that shape inequities and vulnerabilities for them in HIV testing and treatment. Further
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"Is Water a Human Right?": Priming Water as a Human Right Increases Support for Government Action International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2021-09-23 Katherine B. Starzyk,Katelin H. S. Neufeld,Danielle Gaucher,Jacquie D. Vorauer,Aleah S. M. Fontaine,Matthew S. Quesnel,Alexa R. Yakubovich
Many First Nations homes in Canada do not have adequate water services. This issue is unlikely to be resolved without public pressure on the government. Thus, we investigated one strategy to increase non-Indigenous Canadians’ support for government action: framing water as a human right. Informed by a partnership with Indigenous community members and multidisciplinary collaborators, we conducted
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Historical Roots of Social Assistance: An Inadequate Response to the Colonial Destruction of Mi’kmaw Livelihood in Nova Scotia International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2021-09-02 Declan Cullen,Heather Castleden,Fred Wien
Social assistance and related programs are an important part of life in the 13 Mi’kmaq communities of Nova Scotia. Given the substantive importance of social assistance and related programs in Mi’kmaq communities, it is surprising how little research has been conducted on the subject. This research aims to understand the origins of economic dependence and the related emergence of social assistance
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San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training as an Educational Intervention: Promoting Anti-Racism and Equity in Health Systems, Policies, and Practices International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2021-08-13 Annette J. Browne,Colleen Varcoe,Cheryl Ward
The San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training Program is an Indigenous-led, policy-driven, and systems-level educational intervention to foster health equity and mitigate the effects of systemic racism experienced by Indigenous people in health and other sectors. Currently, San’yas is being scaled-up across Canada. This article focuses on the following: (a) the pedagogical underpinnings of San’yas
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Indigenous Trauma Intervention Research in Canada: A Narrative Literature Review International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2021-07-26 Sarah Panofsky,Marla J. Buchanan,Roger John,Alanaise Goodwill
Contemporary Indigenous mental health research is beginning to address colonization, contextualizing Indigenous health within a history of colonial relationships and inadequate mental health responses. In practice, however, dominant counselling models for mental health in Canada have neglected Indigenous perspectives and there is a paucity of research regarding interventions that address psychological
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Combining First Nations Research Methods with a World Health Organization Guide to Understand Low Childhood Immunisation Coverage in Children in Tamworth, Australia International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2021-07-20 Susan Thomas,Natalie Allan,Paula Taylor,Carla McGrady,Kasia Bolsewicz,Fakhrul Islam,Patrick Cashman,David Durrheim,Amy Creighton
In Australia, we used the World Health Organization’s Tailoring Immunization Programmes to identify areas of low immunisation coverage in First Nations children. The qualitative study was led by First Nations researchers using a strength-based approach. In 2019, Tamworth had 179 (23%) children who were overdue for immunisations. Yarning sessions were conducted with 50 parents and health providers.
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Power of Connections: How a Novel Canadian Men’s Wellness Program is Improving the Health and Well-Being of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Men International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2021-06-10 Iloradanon Efimoff,Lyana Patrick,Viviane Josewski,Paul Gross,Sandy Lambert,Victoria Smye
The DUDES Club is a novel men’s health and wellness organization founded in 2010 in Vancouver, BC. Since 2017, the DUDES Club has rapidly expanded in Northern BC and, with the help of a partnership with the First Nations Health Authority, has grown to include 40 sites in British Columbia and 2 sites nationally. In this study, we analyze interviews (n = 5) and 15 focus groups (n = 101) conducted as
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Mental Health Interventions for First Nation, Inuit, and Métis Peoples in Canada: A Systematic Review International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2021-05-20 Simon Graham,Krista Stelkia,Cornelia Wieman,Evan Adams
Higher rates of anxiety, depression, and attempted suicide are reported among First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people compared with non-Indigenous people in Canada. This systematic review summarises the key components of mental health interventions among Indigenous Peoples in Canada. We searched MEDLINE, PubMed, PsycINFO, and Web of Science between January 1,1970, and August 30, 2019. Studies needed
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Applying Crime Prevention and Health Promotion Frameworks to the Problem of High Incarceration Rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations: Lessons from a Case Study from Victoria International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2021-05-14 Samantha Battams,Toni Delany-Crowe,Matt Fisher,Lester Wright,Anthea Krieg,Dennis McDermott,Fran Baum
This article examines what kinds of policy reforms are required to reduce incarceration rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through a case study of policy in the Australian state of Victoria. This state provides a good example of a jurisdiction with policies focused upon, and developed in partnership with, Aboriginal communities in Victoria, but which despite this has steadily increasing
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New Discourses on Energy Transition as an Opportunity for Reconciliation? Analyzing Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Communications in Media and Policy Documents International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2021-04-30 Carelle Mang-Benza,Jamie Baxter,Romayne Smith Fullerton
This article examines energy issues articulated by Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Canada and analyzes the energy transition as a locus of reconciliation therein. Using content and discourse analysis of policy documents, white papers, and news media articles, we draw attention to reconciliation and energy discourses before and after 2015, the year that marked the release of the Truth and Reconciliation
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Book Review: Global Indigenous Health: Reconciling the Past, Engaging the Present, Animating the Future International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2021-04-26 Chris Battiston
Literature about Indigenous health has dramatically increased over the past few years, which has made it difficult to stay current—this is a good thing. This uptick indicates that this work is getting attention it deserves. However, every so often a collection comes along that provides an essential overview of the work being done, and Global Indigenous Health: Reconciling the Past, Engaging the Present
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A Review of Literature on the Involvement of Children from Indigenous Communities in Anglo Child Welfare Systems: 1973-2018 International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2021-04-16 Vandna Sinha,Johanna Caldwell,Leah Paul,Paulo Roberto Fumaneri
A series of recent legal and policy developments in Canada have potential to contribute to reconciliation efforts, particularly related to the overrepresentation of Indigenous children in child welfare systems. However, systematic collection, analysis, and synthesis of research knowledge—particularly, research that is locally grounded—on Indigenous child welfare involvement is notably missing from
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Development on Indigenous Homelands and the Need to Get Back to Basics with Scoping: Is there Still "Unceded" Land in Northern Ontario, Canada, with Respect to Treaty No. 9 and its Adhesions? International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2021-03-29 Leonard Tsuji,Stephen Tsuji
Scoping includes the establishment of unambiguous spatial boundaries for a proposed development project (e.g., a treaty) and is especially important with respect to development on Indigenous homelands. Improper scoping leads to a flawed product, such as a flawed treaty or environmental impact assessment, by excluding stakeholders from the process. A comprehensive literature search was conducted to
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Our People, Our Health: Envisioning Better Primary Healthcare in Manitoba First Nation Communities International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2021-02-04 Grace Kyoon-Achan,Wanda Phillips-Beck,Kathi Avery Kinew,Josée G. Lavoie,Stephanie Sinclair,Alan Katz
Recognizing the right of self-determination of Indigenous Peoples is essential to improving the state of community-based primary healthcare of First Nations in Canada. Understanding communities’ priorities and local health agendas is critical for primary healthcare transformation. We used a community-based participatory research approach to engage our partners: Nanaandawewiwgamig, the First Nations
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Is Geographical Isolation Associated with Poorer Outcomes for Northern Manitoba First Nation Communities? International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2021-01-28 Josée G. Lavoie,Wanda Phillips-Beck,Kathi Avery Kinew,Stephanie Sinclair,Grace Kyoon-Achan,Alan Katz
This study tested the assumption that geographical isolation is associated with poorer population health outcomes among First Nations in Manitoba. Our results show higher premature mortality rates (PMR) in northern communities, declining slower than for any other Manitoba communities. Our results also show lower ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC) hospitalization rate in the North, suggesting
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Tobacco Smoking Among First Nations Youth Living On-Reserve and in Northern Communities: A Mixed Methods Study International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2020-12-22 Laura Wright,Colleen A. Dell,First Nations Information Governance Centre
The prevalence of tobacco smoking among First Nations youth living on reserve and in Northern communities is significantly higher than off-reserve Indigenous youth in Southern communities and non-Indigenous youth, although the majority do not smoke. Using a mixed-methods approach, we examine factors that support on-reserve First Nations youth’s resilience to smoking. Logistic regression analyses using
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Does a Payment-for-Outcomes Model Improve Indigenous Wellbeing? Commissioning Agencies and Social Impact Bonds in New Zealand International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2020-12-15 Louise Humpage
Commissioning agencies and social impact bonds are two examples of New Zealand’s shift towards payment-for-outcomes funding mechanisms over the last decade, as the government attempted to improve both policy innovation and social outcomes. This article highlights that although the commissioning agencies have been more successful than social impact bonds, neither has completely achieved these goals
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The Impact of Training Indigenous Facilitators for a Two-Eyed Seeing Research Treatment Intervention for Intergenerational Trauma and Addiction International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2020-11-30 Teresa Naseba Marsh,David C. Marsh,Lisa M. Najavits
Intergenerational trauma in Indigenous Peoples was not the result of a targeted event, but rather political and governmental policies inflicted upon entire generations. The resultant effects of these traumas and multiple losses include addiction, depression, anxiety, violence, self-destructive behaviors, and suicide, to name but a few. Traditional healers, Elders, and Indigenous facilitators agree
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A Journey of Doing Research “In a Good Way”: Partnership, Ceremony, and Reflections Contributing to the Care and Wellbeing of Indigenous Women Living with HIV in Canada International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2020-11-25 Doris Peltier,Carrie Martin,Renée Masching,Mike Standup,Claudette Cardinal,Valerie Nicholson,Mina Kazemi,Angela Kaida,Laura Warren,Denise Jaworsky,Laverne Gervais,Alexandra De Pokomandy,Sharon Bruce,Saara Greene,Marissa Becker,Jasmine Cotnam,Kecia Larkin,Kerrigan Beaver,Carrie Bourassa,Mona Loutfy
The relationship between the First Peoples of Canada and researchers is changing as processes of self-determination and reconciliation are increasingly implemented. We used storytelling and ceremony to describe a historic event, the Indigenous Women’s Data Transfer Ceremony, where quantitative data of 318 Indigenous women living with HIV were transferred to Indigenous academic and community leaders
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Living in the South, Caring in the North: Exploring Inuit Women’s Care Responsibilities International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2020-11-05 Magalie Quintal-Marineau,Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
The increased Inuit population in Canadian Metropolitan Areas (CMA) has recently gained attention among the scientific community as well as within Inuit organizations. However, existing literature has overlooked the distinct experience of Inuit women and, more significantly, the importance of care responsibilities in understanding women’s mobility. This study examines the relocation experiences of
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The Paths to Realizing Reconciliation: Indigenous Consultation in Jasper National Park International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2020-10-22 Jason W. Johnston,Courtney Mason
Diverse Indigenous nations have traditional territories inside Jasper National Park (JNP), but the park was established without consultation with local Indigenous communities. Parks were marketed as empty landscapes, which celebrated romantic ideas of European colonial expansion. The current representations of Indigenous Peoples in interpretive content still reflect this lack of consultation. This
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Modeling the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Communities: Some Considerations International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2020-10-07 Josée Lavoie, Razvan G. Romanescu, Alan Katz, Nathan Nickel
Objectives: This article articulates the complexity of modeling in First Nations, Metis, and Inuit contexts by providing the results of a modeling exercise completed at the request of the First Nations Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba Methods: We developed a model using the impact of a previous pandemic (the 2009 H1N1) to generate estimates Results: The lack of readily available data has resulted
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"Healing on Both Sides": Strengthening the Effectiveness of Prison–Indigenous Community Partnerships Through Reciprocity and Investment International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2020-10-05 Colleen Varcoe, Helen Brown, Kelsey Timler, Melissa Taylor, Elizabeth Straus
This mixed methods study examined the impact of a prison–community partnership, entitled Work 2 Give. The partnership supports a program in which federally incarcerated men in Canada make items to donate to Indigenous communities. Qualitative interviews were conducted with participating men (n = 32), recipient community members (n = 29), and other prison and community stakeholders (n = 14). Selected
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The COVID-19 Pandemic: Informing Policy Decision-Making for a Vulnerable Population International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2020-10-01 Nicholas Spence, Vivian Chau, Maryam S. Farvid, Jerry White, Paranthaman Rasalingam, Lawrence Loh
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted society. Vulnerable populations are at heightened risk for exposure, as well as adverse health and social consequences. Policymakers are operating under difficult circumstances, making crucial policy decisions to maximize impact and mitigate harm, with limited scientific evidence. This article examines the pronounced vulnerability of Indigenous Peoples
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"The Legacy Will Be the Change": Reconciling How We Live with and Relate to Water International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2020-09-17 Lindsay Day,Ashlee Cunsolo,Heather Castleden,Alex Sawatzky,Debbie Martin,Catherine Hart,Cate Dewey,Sherilee L. Harper
Current challenges relating to water governance in Canada are motivating calls for approaches that implement Indigenous and Western knowledge systems together, as well as calls to form equitable partnerships with Indigenous Peoples grounded in respectful Nation-to-Nation relationships. By foregrounding the perspectives of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples, this study explores the nature and dimensions
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Applying Lessons from the U.S. Indian Child Welfare Act to Recently Passed Federal Child Protection Legislation in Canada International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2020-09-04 Hayley Hahn,Johanna Caldwell,Vandna Sinha
Indigenous children are overrepresented in child protection systems in the United States and to an even greater degree in Canada. Canada has recently passed federal child welfare legislation, Bill C-92, with the goal of affirming the rights of Indigenous Peoples and establishing guidelines with respect to child and family services for Indigenous children. The aim of this article is to contribute to
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Education in the Post-Pandemic Era: Indigenous Children and Youth International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2020-08-07 Lorenzo Cherubini
The COVID-19 pandemic crisis resulted in more than 100 countries legislating school closures in March 2020 In response, provincial ministries and their respective publicly funded school boards have implemented online learning platforms to avoid disruptions to student learning For students already ostracized in public education, online learning may serve to further embed them in the proverbial margins
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Voting in Māori Governance Entities International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2020-07-30 Maria Bargh, Arama Rata
Internationally, declining voter turnout is a topic of considerable concern in many liberal democracies. In this article, we investigate whether these similar trends can be discerned in the voter turnout for Māori governance entities. We first explore some of the demographic contexts within which Māori governance entities operate with a specific focus on population, residence, and age. We then provide
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Book Review: Structures of Indifference: An Indigenous Life and Death in a Canadian City International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2020-07-02 Krista Stelkia
The case of Brian Sinclair, a First Nations man who died in a Winnipeg, Manitoba, hospital emergency room in 2008 after waiting 34 hours for medical care to treat a preventable infection, represents the degree to which structural indifference exists within Canadian society. This article reviews the book Structures of Indifference: An Indigenous Life and Death in a Canadian City by Mary Jane Logan McCallum
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Building a Digital Entrepreneurial Platform Through Local Community Activity and Digital Skills with Ngemba First Nation, Australia International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2020-06-29 Susan J. Beetson, Sojen Pradhan, Grace Gordon, Jason Ford
In collaboration with Ngemba First Nation in Brewarrina, Australia, this research involves co-designing and co-developing an innovative community digital entrepreneurial platform that includes a mobile app and a website. The methodology is informed by theories of relatedness, Indigenist standpoint, and by the principles of Indigenist research and related ways of being, knowing, and doing research.
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More Than Words: Outlining Preconditions to Collaboration Among First Nations, the Federal Government, and the Provincial Government International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2020-06-12 Nathalie Lachance,Teresa Rose
Since 2015, there has been heightened interest in reconciliation and renewed relationships with Indigenous Peoples. Anchoring our work in the definition of reconciliation provided by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, we, as practitioner-scholars, sought to better understand the preconditions to collaboration among First Nations, the federal government, and the provincial government
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A Principled Approach to Research Conducted with Inuit, Métis, and First Nations People: Promoting Engagement Inspired by the CIHR Guidelines for Health Research Involving Aboriginal People (2007-2010) International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2020-05-25 Janet Jull, Alexandra King, Malcolm King, Ian D. Graham, Melody E. Morton Ninomiya, Kristen Jacklin, Penny Moody-Corbett, Julia E. Moore
Research to address the health burdens experienced by Indigenous populations is essential. In the Canadian context, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada determined that these health burdens are the result of policies that have undermined opportunities to address community-level health needs. The Canadian Institutes of Health Research Guidelines for Health Research Involving Aboriginal
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Development of an UNDRIP Compliance Assessment Tool: How a Performance Framework Could Improve State Compliance International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2020-05-15 Jackson A. Smith, Terry L. Mitchell
Improving state compliance with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) can be supported by monitoring and measurement. Current approaches to monitoring state compliance with the UNDRIP are qualitative and non-standardized, which limits comparability across time and across geopolitical lines. In this article, we introduce a novel approach to monitoring compliance
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The Institutionalisation of Sami Interest in Municipal Comprehensive Planning: A Comparison Between Norway and Sweden International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2020-04-28 Therese Bjärstig, Vigdis Nygaard, Jan Åge Riseth, Camilla Sandström
The Sami are recognized as an Indigenous people and a national minority in both Norway and Sweden, and their involvement in any planning concerning their traditional territories is required. The ai ...
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Book Review: Suffer the Little Children: Genocide, Indigenous Nations and the Canadian State International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2020-03-26 Alfred De Zayas
In this timely and morally necessary book, Tamara Starblanket gives particular attention to the forced transfer of Indigenous children to institutions whose raison d’etre was to indoctrinate and “educate” them away from their culture and heritage so as to erase Indigenous memory and reprogram younger generations as “Canadians.” These institutions were notorious for death and disease, torture, forced
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What Do Indigenous Education Policy Frameworks Reveal about Commitments to Reconciliation in Canadian School Systems? International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2020-03-24 Terry Wotherspoon, Emily Milne
The national Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada has challenged governments and school boards across Canada to acknowledge and address the damaging legacies of residential schooling while ensuring that all students gain an adequate understanding of relations between Indigenous Peoples and non-Indigenous peoples. This article explores the dynamics and prospects for effective change associated
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Ọsẹ Dúdú: Exploring the Benefits of Yoruba Indigenous Black Soap in Southwest, Nigeria International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2020-03-09 Adedeji Oluwaseun Adewusi, Olayinka Akanle
This study explored the benefits of the production, sale, and consumption of Indigenous black soap (ọsẹ dudu) in southwest Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was used to select 71 participants from Oyo, Ogun, and Lagos states. Participants were extensively interviewed, and their responses were analyzed and placed into themes. The study found certain economic- and health-related benefits attached
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Advancing Indigenous Research Sovereignty: Public Administration Trends and the Opportunity for Meaningful Conversations in Canadian Research Governance International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2020-02-26 Keith J. Williams, Umar Umangay, Suzanne Brant
Federally funded research in Canada is of significant scope and scale. The implications of research in the colonial project has resulted in a fraught relationship between Indigenous Peoples and Western research. Research governance, as an aspect of public administration, is evolving. The relationality inherent in new public governance (NPG)—a nascent public governance regime—may align with Indigenous
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Production, Development, and Environmental Policies: Paradoxical Landscapes in Colonia Aborigen Chaco (Ex-Aboriginal Reserve of Napalpí, Argentina) International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2020-02-19 Carlos Salamanca
This article examines the experience of an Indigenous development plan carried out between 2005 and 2010 in Colonia Aborigen Chaco, an Indigenous settlement located in Chaco province, Argentina, originally established in 1911 as the Aboriginal Reserve of Napalpí. On the reserve, inhabitants were forced to settle down as the State appropriated their traditional territories. Here, I propose a critical
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A Postcolonial Discourse Analysis of Community Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Supporting Urban Indigenous Older Adults to Age Well in Ottawa, Canada International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2020-02-03 Lauren A. Brooks-Cleator, Audrey R. Giles
The urban Indigenous older adult population in Canada continues to grow; however, there is a lack of understanding of how non-Indigenous health and social services and Indigenous-specific organizations are responding to and addressing the growth of this population. Therefore, in this research, we conducted a postcolonial discourse analysis of semi-structured interviews with six decision-makers (e.g
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Pedagogical Pathways for Indigenous Business Education: Learning from Current Indigenous Business Practices International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2020-01-31 Simon T. Berge
Business is one of the fastest growing areas in post-secondary education, but there is little understanding of Indigenous business practices. This article looks at three Arctic communities in the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, and their associated co-operative businesses. I examine how these businesses express cultural values, as well as the business skill needs within these communities
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Colonial Legacies and Collaborative Action: Improving Indigenous Peoples’ Health Care in Canada International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2020-01-27 Lloy Wylie,Stephanie McConkey,Ann Marie Corrado
Indigenous people experience significant health disparities compared to non-Indigenous people, which are exacerbated by less accessible and poorer quality health care services. This research aimed to understand the specific barriers to health care that Indigenous patients and their families face, as well as to explore promising practices and strategies for improving the responsiveness of health services
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Indigenous Income Disparity and Resguardo Land in Colombia International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2020-01-22 Rosa Evelia Sanchez Garcia
This article examines the association between the resguardo, a colonial land access system similar to the North American reserve and reservation systems, and income inequality among Indigenous people in Colombia. I regressed the variable income unmet basic needs gap (IUBNgap) between Indigenous people and non-minority people in Colombia on a set of regressors that included the mean of resguardo land
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Planning Around Reserves: Probing the Inclusion of First Nations in Saskatchewan's Watershed Planning Framework International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2019-11-25 Warrick Baijius,Robert J. Patrick
Watershed-based planning in Saskatchewan began in earnest after 2006 under the auspices of the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority. Within a decade, a dozen watershed plans were produced following a planning framework that included technical and watershed resident committees. First Nation communities, or "reserves," exist within these watershed areas. This article probes the inclusion of First Nations
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Being Neighbourly: Urban Reserves, Treaty Settlement Lands, and the Discursive Construction of Municipal–First Nation Relations International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2019-11-22 Janice Barry
Ongoing land claims negotiations are creating areas of First Nation authority within and adjacent to many urban centres. Several government agencies and lobby groups have responded to these changes with discussion papers and toolkits, all implicitly or explicitly intended to help municipal and First Nation governments become better "neighbours." Using the theoretical and methodological insights found
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Northern Québec James Bay Cree Regional Health Governance in Support of Community Participation: Honouring the "Butterfly" International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2019-11-12 Martine C. Lévesque, Susan Law, Jill Torrie, Robert Carlin, Lucy Trapper, Alison Kutcher, Mary Ellen Macdonald
Successful responses to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's (TRC, 2015) calls to action require “joint leadership, trust-building, and transparency” between Canadian public institutions and First Nations (p. 4). In the area of health and wellness, community participation in priority setting and planning constitutes one important step forward. In 2013, the Québec Cree regional health
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Negotiation, Reciprocity, and Reality: The Experience of Collaboration in a Community-Based Primary Health Care (CBPHC) Program of Research with Eight Manitoba First Nations International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2019-11-01 Wanda Phillips-Beck,Grace Kyoon-Achan,Josée G. Lavoie,Nicholas Krueger,Kathi Avery Kinew,Stephanie Sinclair,Naser Ibrahim,Alan Katz
This article shares experiences and lessons learned through a collaboration between the University of Manitoba, the First Nation Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba (FNHSSM), and eight First Nation communities in Manitoba. We employed a participatory approach from planning the research project, to data collection, and to the analysis, interpretation, and implementation of results. We learned
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Police Stops and Searches of Indigenous People in Minneapolis: The Roles of Race, Place, and Gender International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2019-10-24 Marina M. Gorsuch, Deborah T. Rho
We examine disparities in police stops, searches, and arrests of Native Americans in Minneapolis, a major metropolitan area with a substantial Native American population. During the study period, 1.42% of women in Minneapolis reported their race as American Indian or Alaska Native, but the Minneapolis police reported that 6.43% of police stops of women (including vehicle stops and non-vehicle stops)
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The RIPPLES of Meaningful Involvement: A Framework for Meaningfully Involving Indigenous Peoples in Health Policy Decision-Making International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2019-10-22 Alycia J. Fridkin, Annette J. Browne, Madeleine Kétéskwēw Dion Stout
Indigenous Peoples experience the greatest health inequities in Canada and other colonized countries; yet, they are routinely excluded from health-related policy decisions. Those advocating for Indigenous health equity are often left wrestling with the question: What constitutes, and what can foster, meaningful involvement of Indigenous Peoples in the contemporary health policy climate? Twenty (n =
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Towards an Indigenous-Informed Relational Approach to Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2019-10-21 Terry Mitchell, Courtney Arseneau, Darren Thomas, Peggy Smith
International and domestic rights frameworks are setting the stage for the full recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ rights in Canada. However, current political promises to restore Indigenous relations, to reconcile historic wrongs, and to foster mutual prosperity and well-being for all people within Canada remain woefully unfulfilled. Indigenous Peoples continue to call for full engagement with emerging
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Barriers to and Strategies for Engaging Non-Indigenous Canadians in First Nations Water Rights: A Qualitative Inquiry International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2019-09-30 Katelin Neufeld, Laura M. Funk, Katherine B. Starzyk, Michelle I. Gorea, Lisette Dansereau
Many First Nations homes lack adequate water and sanitation services. One way to address these conditions is to develop effective public engagement strategies. Thus, in this qualitative interview study, we explored how 22 non-Indigenous Canadians from one city interpreted this issue and their interest in it. We analyzed the transcribed data using thematic coding and constant comparison. Though most
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Business Ethics and Sovereignty in Settler Colonial States International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2019-09-12 Jurgen Poesche
The objective of this conceptual article is to make the case that Indigenous Cemānahuacan nations’ sovereignty is valid throughout all of Cemānahuac (the Americas), thus rendering settler colonial laws illegitimate and illegal. This in turn means that firms need to abide by Indigenous Cemānahuacan nations’ laws. Theories relating to business, business ethics, compliance, and sustainability reflecting
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Quantification of Interplaying Relationships Between Wellbeing Priorities of Aboriginal People in Remote Australia International Indigenous Policy Journal Pub Date : 2019-08-21 Rosalie Schultz, Stephen J. Quinn, Tammy Abbott, Sheree Cairney, Jessica Yamaguchi
Wellbeing is a useful indicator of social progress because its subjectivity accounts for diverse aspirations. The Interplay research project developed a wellbeing framework for Aboriginal people in remote Australia comprising government and community wellbeing priorities. This article describes statistical modelling of community priorities based on surveys administered by community researchers to 841