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Books by or about Indigenous peoples in BC.
Mixed Blessings

Mixed Blessings

Indigenous Encounters with Christianity in Canada
edited by Tolly Bradford & Chelsea Horton
edition:Hardcover
also available: eBook Paperback
tagged : history, native american studies

Mixed Blessings transforms our understanding of the relationship between Indigenous people and Christianity in Canada from the early 1600s to the present day. While acknowledging the harm of colonialism, including the trauma inflicted by church-run residential schools, this interdisciplinary collection challenges the portrayal of Indigenous people as passive victims of malevolent missionaries who experienced a uniformly dark history. Instead, this book illuminates the diverse and multifaceted wa …

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Mixed Blessings

Mixed Blessings

Indigenous Encounters with Christianity in Canada
edited by Tolly Bradford & Chelsea Horton
edition:eBook
also available: Hardcover
tagged : history, native american studies

Mixed Blessings transforms our understanding of the relationship between Indigenous people and Christianity in what is now Canada.

 

While acknowledging the harm of colonialism, including the trauma inflicted by church-run residential schools, this book challenges the portrayal of Indigenous people as passive victims of malevolent missionaries who experienced a uniformly dark history. Instead, it illuminates the diverse and multifaceted ways that Indigenous communities and individuals across Canad …

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New Treaty, New Tradition

New Treaty, New Tradition

Reconciling New Zealand and Maori Law
by Carwyn Jones
edition:eBook
also available: Paperback Hardcover
tagged : australia & new zealand, colonialism & post-colonialism, indigenous studies

Legal traditions respond to social and economic environments. Māori author and legal scholar Carwyn Jones provides a timely examination of how the resolution of land claims in New Zealand has affected Māori law and the challenges faced by Indigenous peoples as they attempt to exercise self-determination in a postcolonial world. Combining thoughtful analysis with Māori storytelling, Jones’s nuanced reflections on the claims process show how Western legal thought has shaped treaty negotiation …

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New Treaty, New Tradition

New Treaty, New Tradition

Reconciling New Zealand and Maori Law
by Carwyn Jones
edition:Hardcover
also available: eBook
tagged : australia & new zealand, colonialism & post-colonialism, indigenous studies

Maori author and legal scholar Carwyn Jones provides a timely examination of how the resolution of land claims in New Zealand has affected Maori law as well as the challenges faced by Indigenous peoples as they attempt to exercise self-determination in a postcolonial world. Combining thoughtful analysis with Maori storytelling, Jones’s nuanced reflections on the claims process show how Western legal thought has shaped treaty negotiations. Drawing on Canadian and international examples, Jones m …

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New Treaty, New Tradition

New Treaty, New Tradition

Reconciling New Zealand and Maori Law
by Carwyn Jones
edition:Paperback
also available: Hardcover
tagged : australia & new zealand, colonialism & post-colonialism, indigenous studies

Legal traditions respond to social and economic environments. Maori author and legal scholar Carwyn Jones provides a timely examination of how the resolution of land claims in New Zealand has affected Maori law and the challenges faced by Indigenous peoples as they attempt to exercise self-determination in a postcolonial world. Combining thoughtful analysis with Maori storytelling, Jones’s nuanced reflections on the claims process show how Western legal thought has shaped treaty negotiations. …

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No Home in a Homeland

No Home in a Homeland

Indigenous Peoples and Homelessness in the Canadian North
by Julia Christensen
edition:eBook
also available: Paperback
tagged : social work, native american studies

The Dene, a traditionally nomadic people, have no word for homelessness, a rare condition in the Canadian North prior to the 1990s. In No Home in a Homeland, Julia Christensen documents the rise of Indigenous homelessness and argues that this alarming trend will continue so long as policy makers continue to ignore northern perspectives and root causes, which lie deep in the region’s colonial past.

 

Christensen interweaves analysis of the region’s unique history with the personal stories of pe …

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Power through Testimony

Power through Testimony

Reframing Residential Schools in the Age of Reconciliation
edited by Brieg Capitaine & Karine Vanthuyne
edition:eBook
also available: Hardcover Paperback
tagged : native american studies

Power through Testimony documents how survivors are remembering and reframing our understanding of residential schools in the wake of the 2007 Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), a forum for survivors, families, and communities to share their memories and stories with the Canadian public. The commission closed and reported in 2015, and this timely volume reveals what happened on the ground.

 

Drawing on field research during the commis …

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Power through Testimony

Power through Testimony

Reframing Residential Schools in the Age of Reconciliation
edited by Brieg Capitaine & Karine Vanthuyne
edition:Hardcover
also available: eBook
tagged : native american studies

Power through Testimony documents how survivors are remembering and reframing our understanding of residential schools in the wake of the 2007 Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), a forum for survivors, families, and communities to share their memories and stories with the Canadian public. The commission closed and reported in 2015, and this timely volume reveals what happened on the ground.

 

Drawing on field research during the commis …

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