Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2017, pp. 91-105
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This presentation text examines different sites and incidents of neocolonial violence and Aboriginal activism as defiance in response; asserts the basis of Native Studies is “indigenousness and sovereignty” and examines the implications of these concepts for activism and resistance movements.
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 4, Indigenous Notions of Cultural Heritage, December 2019, pp. 330-339
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Discusses how the Apurinã community in Brazil create and maintain relationships with different non-human actors forms an intergenerational way of managing and relating to the land; critically examines how these relationships are protected by international law.
Native Studies Review, vol. 16, no. 2, 2005, pp. 125-149
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Book review of: Making Native Space: Colonialism, Resistance, and Reserves in British Columbia by Cole Harris. Comments by Cole about the review also included.
American Literature, vol. 86, no. 3, September 2014, pp. 611-614
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Book reviews of:
Red Ink: Native Americans Picking up the Pen in the Colonial Period by Drew Lopenzina.
The Transit of Empire: Indigenous Critiques of Colonialism by Jodi A. Byrd.
On Records: Delaware Indians, Colonists, and the Media of History and Memory Andrew Newman.
Trans-Indigenous: Methodologies for Global Native Literary Studies by Chadwick Allen.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 20, no. 1, Spring, 2005, pp. 49-69
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Discusses concerns by Native American communities of the impacts of science, research and information on nation building and the protection of their rights and culture.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 53, no. 1, Winter, 2019, pp. 27-47
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Examines the discourse around two different contested pipeline projects; discusses rhetorical elements including the difference between “claimed” and “government sanctioned” spaces, and whether the perspectives are consistent with or counter to mainstream perspectives. Highlights the differences in worldviews, understandings of cause and effect, and conceptualizations of time and space and the role these differences play.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 99, no. 1, March 2018, pp. 63-97
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Examines the way in which racialized ethnic immigrants were able to gain access to land, state support, and upward mobility by participating in the colonial agenda of Indigenous suppression through voluntary military service.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 2, Spring, 2021, pp. [95]-120
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A discussion of the attempted sale of lands from the terminated Menominee reservation to the large- scale recreational vacation property development and resistance by the Determination of Rights and Unity for Menominee Stockholders or DRUMS to stop the sale and restore tribal status. The U.S. government's withdrawal of tribal status and federal support had created economic issues for the group and the sale of land was looked upon as a means to rectify that issue.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 1, Winter, 2021, pp. [1]-32
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Focuses on the Supreme Court of the Navajo Nation's decision to remove a candidate from the ballot because of lack of language fluency. Argues that while Diné sovereignty regarding identity is necessary to secure a vision of the future, this same sovereignty can be used to exclude people and contribute to settler colonial goals of erasure of Indigenous people and culture.
Literary works discussed: Ceremony by Lesley Marmon Silko, In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Culleton Mosionier, The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich, and The Last Standing Woman by Winona LaDuke.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2009, pp. 250-261, 263
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Author discusses the challenges of Arctic sovereignty, and suggests that the development of an integrated Arctic strategy must include federal, provincial and territorial governments and Aboriginal organizations to improve the lives of the Inuit.
Article explores the liminal position of mixed race Indigenous/non-Indigenous people in the Canadian context, discusses the polarity of Identity and the ways in which identity can be and is used to surveil and police Indigenous people in a settler society.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 3, Prophets: Religious Leaders and Revitalization Movements, Summer, 1985, pp. 295-307
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Looks at the influence of Vermillion Kickapoos prophet Kenekuk and how he used acculturation as means to adapt the Kickapoo culture to resist outside threats to their land and sovereignty.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 1988, pp. 39-48
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Author reflects on the international legal standards regarding the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty of Black Hills between the United States government and the Sioux Nation.
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2018, pp. 1-15
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Author challenges the mainstream narratives about Lifta, a Palestinian village located in the Western corridor of Jerusalem, and advocates for its consideration as part of a larger Indigenous historical narrative of Palestine.
Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Toronto, 2003.
Discussion of how the totem system works, and the implications this has for land claims in the Canadian legal system.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2009, pp. 82-108, 263
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Discusses unresolved legal and political matters that question Canadian Arctic sovereignty and looks at different approaches to sovereignty by the Government of Canada, Arctic Indigenous peoples, and other Northerners.
Arts and Sciences Graduate School Thesis (Ph.D.)---Columbia University, 2001.
Presents analytical review of artistic works including those of James Lavadour, Kay WalkingStick and Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie.