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Authors:Annie Te One, Clair Caird Abstract: AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Ahead of Print. This article examines references to tikanga Māori (Māori (the Indigenous Peoples of New Zealand) values) by New Zealand political parties. The article grounds itself in some of the wider debates relating to the incorporation and application of tikanga, Māori values, across New Zealand in both legal and political contexts, with particular review of legislative references. An analysis of New Zealand political party policies and constitutions from the 2020 General election showed that over half of the political parties who campaigned made some reference to tikanga, but there was great variation in how tikanga was interpreted. This article assesses some of the opportunities and complexities of New Zealand political party engagement with tikanga Māori. PubDate: 2024-08-02T07:32:54Z DOI: 10.1177/11771801241266620
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Authors:Cathy Fournier, Sabina Mirza, Karen Naidoo, Sheryl Green, Clay Shirt, Sarah Cameron, Suzanne L. Stewart, Stephen Gaetz Abstract: AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Ahead of Print. This article explores Endaayaang, which means a safe place where the heart and spirit feel at home, an Indigenous Housing First for Youth programme, located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The programme is informed by Elders, Traditional Knowledge Holders, Indigenous youth and Indigenous frontline workers and is grounded in Indigenous knowledges and worldviews. The programme helps unhoused Indigenous youth secure, safe and affordable housing, without preconditions. A unique aspect of this programme is creating opportunities for Indigenous youth to (re)connect to their Indigenous identity and culture. This includes providing access to Elders, ceremony and Indigenous teachings to help them find their way home. This research highlights the integral role of helping Indigenous youth (re)connect with their Indigenous identity and the importance of integrating ceremony, and Indigenous principles into Indigenous Housing First for youth programming. We also present an argument about the importance of diversifying and indigenizing Housing First for Youth in Canada to meet the specific needs of Indigenous and other marginalized and racialized populations accessing programming. PubDate: 2024-08-02T07:31:16Z DOI: 10.1177/11771801241263605
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Authors:Luciano Baracco Abstract: AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Ahead of Print. This article presents a biography of Chief Robert Henry Clarence, the last Hereditary Chief of the Mosquito Reservation— a historical territory formerly located on Nicaragua’s Caribbean Coast. In 1894, the reservation was militarily incorporated into Nicaragua. The following account shines a light on the Mosquito (the largest Indigenous tribe living in Mosquitia—an historical territory on Central America’s Caribbean Coast, stretching from Honduras to the northern parts of Coast Rica—who have been referred to as the Miskitu since the mid-20th century) perspective of the incorporation. This article draws on Foreign Office files (1894–1907) held by the National Archives in London, which contain correspondence from Chief Clarence and other Mosquito leaders. By focusing on a figure who has been obscured in the historiography on the reservation, the evidence produces a narrative of Mosquito political consciousness which contrasts with the disparaging depictions contained in British and North America diplomatic correspondence. PubDate: 2024-08-02T07:26:56Z DOI: 10.1177/11771801241263601
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Authors:Roger Davis Abstract: AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Ahead of Print. This paper examines the relationship between Australia’s Indigenous and settler colonial systems of democracy through the lens of deliberative systems theory. It suggests that the ongoing effects of colonialism have rendered Indigenous democracy largely invisible causing a harmful divide in Australia’s democracies. A pluralist conception of democracy is necessary to understand the disconnect between the two systems, evidenced by a striking absence of literature on Australian Indigenous democracy. In response, this paper first theorizes a conceptual framework of a concurrent deliberative system, then describes the Indigenous deliberative system and the colonial system’s efforts to eliminate Indigenous democracy. Against this theoretical and empirical background, it considers whether the recent referendum for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament was just a colonial legacy or represented a pathway towards a shared postcolonial democratic future. PubDate: 2024-07-24T04:43:32Z DOI: 10.1177/11771801241261715
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Authors:Courtney Tennell, Kari AB Chew Abstract: AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Ahead of Print. This study focuses on perspectives and experiences of Indigenous community members who have either created or are in the process of creating computer-assisted language learning courses for Indigenous languages and how these community members center relationality in the creation of the courses. We engaged a decolonizing and relational methodology to document Indigenous language courses and co-create knowledge with Indigenous language course creators. We conducted qualitative interviews with creators of 11 asynchronous Indigenous language computer-assisted language learning courses to learn how these creators enact relationality and cultural values in online language courses. From analysis of these interviews, five key themes emerged related to: (a) language planning; (b) partnering with technology providers; (c) Indigenous expertise; (d) decolonizing praxis; and (e) relational epistemologies. The researchers share ways that communities can center relational epistemologies when creating their own computer-assisted language learning courses. PubDate: 2024-07-24T04:42:12Z DOI: 10.1177/11771801241261699
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Authors:Rosa Evelia Sanchez Garcia Abstract: AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Ahead of Print. The main purpose of the article is to provide insights into the prevalence of internal and external organ illnesses in Brokenhead Ojibwa (Indigenous peoples of southern Canada and Midwestern USA) Nation, and their relationship with those cultural variables that the scholarly literature indicates as determinants of Indigenous health. The data were collected through a household survey. Both the descriptive results and correlation analysis indicate that hunting and trapping are negatively correlated with external organ illnesses. Likewise, education and income are negatively correlated with external and internal organ illness prevalence. PubDate: 2024-07-23T11:42:10Z DOI: 10.1177/11771801241262389
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Authors:Arianna Nisa-Waller (Ngāi Te Rangi; Ngāti Ranginui, Te Kapotai), Yvette Hall, Liza Edmonds (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whātua) Abstract: AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Ahead of Print. This study aims to explore the impacts of COVID-19 on birthing for wāhine (women) and whānau (immediate and extended family) in Aotearoa (New Zealand) during the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021. This rangahau (research) provided whānau with an opportunity to share their whakawhānau (birthing process) experiences via interviews. The data were analysed through interpretative phenomenological analysis. Themes identified in the results included the importance of whānau tautoko (family support), the experiences of isolation and trauma, and the effect of birthing under COVID-19 restrictions. Indigeneity was a core identity that was crucial to maintain, during these sacred times. Whakawhānau is a pivotal transition with the potential to engage with medical services. The findings of this study contribute to the knowledge of whānau Māori (Māori [Indigenous peoples of New Zealand] families) experiences to enhance service provision. PubDate: 2024-07-23T11:40:23Z DOI: 10.1177/11771801241261729
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Authors:Mally Stelmaszyk, Leonid Sungorkin Abstract: AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Ahead of Print. This article is about the ways in which shamanic practice is engaged in navigating and responding to the current climatic and geopolitical crisis in Far East Siberia, Russia, through proposing experimental multiversal projects. It traces the manner in which a Nanai (Indigenous peoples of Siberia, Russia; literally, people of the Earth) sama (shaman), hereafter, shaman, brings together diverse techniques, such as shamanic dreams, storytelling, Christian prayers and game playing to materialise fragile moments of what this article names ontological porosity between different systems of knowing-being-doing. Focusing further on the tensions that this process implies, the article offers reflections on the notions of protest movements and resistance in areas of enforced silence and neglect. PubDate: 2024-07-23T11:38:11Z DOI: 10.1177/11771801241261718
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Authors:Lisa G Byers Abstract: AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Ahead of Print. This autoethnography explored an ethical dilemma for an Indigenous investigator involved in a study of adult Indigenous boarding school survivors. As research team members coded post-traumatic stress disorder for an interview, the author was at an ethical crossroads that involved betrayal, stigma, oppression, and within-group diversity. The author deemed that the interview was an expression of culturally sanctioned behavior versus mental illness. The author had been taught not to discuss the cultural experience portrayed in the interview with outsiders based on stigma and oppression within American society. Intersectionality provides the framework to understand this ethical dilemma and provides tools that can assist future Indigenous researchers involved in the study of their own people. PubDate: 2024-05-30T10:30:04Z DOI: 10.1177/11771801241255390
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Authors:Alison J Gerlach, Vandna Sinha, Lucy Lach, Marcel Balfour, Maryann E Flett Abstract: AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Ahead of Print. Jordan’s Principle is a legal requirement for the Canadian government to address gaps in services for First Nations children and ensure timely services that meet their needs and best interests. This article synthesizes and discusses some of the key research findings described in a report on the implementation of Jordan’s Principle in Manitoba, produced by a team of academic researchers in partnership with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs. Findings provide insights into a relational approach to the implementation of Jordan’s Principle and inter-related structural factors that constrain the efficacy of this approach. Findings reinforce the need for First Nations–led processes and Jordan’s Principle policies that fully fund and support First Nations in addressing high caseloads and growing waiting lists, complex responsibilities, stress and staff turnover, administrative burden, and inadequate physical and digital infrastructure. Sufficient resources for First Nations capacity enhancement initiatives and regional coordination and support are also identified priorities. PubDate: 2024-05-30T10:27:32Z DOI: 10.1177/11771801241255144
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Authors:Aili Pyhälä Abstract: AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Ahead of Print. With rising concerns over the failed outcomes of global conservation strategies and the militarization of environmental monitoring and enforcement, there is an urgent need for decolonizing nature conservation. This article examines the position of Indigenous peoples as rights-and-knowledge-holders in this discourse and the vital role they play in biodiversity conservation globally. I present a 2018 case study of the Kogui Indigenous peoples of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, one of the last remaining examples of a sustainable biocultural system. My results demonstrate that the success of the Kogui is largely defined by their: (a) nature-based cosmovision, (b) strong cultural identity related to that cosmovision, and (c) functioning governance system ordered by Natural Law. These findings stand as beacons to reframe the nature conservation paradigm and help humanity re-find and re-connect with our place in, and relationship with, both the material and non-material worlds. Citation: AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples PubDate: 2024-05-28T10:58:16Z DOI: 10.1177/11771801241255697
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Authors:Oladimeji Idowu Oladele, Augustine Amara Abstract: AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Ahead of Print. The qualitative analysis of farmers’ use of Indigenous knowledge on climate change adaptation across farming systems and agroecological zones of Sierra Leone was conducted using a combination of interpretive phenomenological analysis, Focus Group Discussions, and participant observation, which was analyzed with a qualitative interpretative approach. Farmers respond to climate change through the use of wind and cloud patterns, animal and bird behavior, moon shape, and position of the sun to predict changes in temperature, intensity, drying up of rivers, and frequency of rainfall, as well as the incidence of pests and diseases. Other Indigenous knowledge used by farmers were rotational grazing, migration, crop-livestock integration, and the use of manure for composting with herbal and biological treatment for disease management. The study recommended that in the current context of climate change, the promotion of adaptation strategies should explore the interdependency of different knowledge systems and knowledge hybridity in agriculture. Citation: AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples PubDate: 2024-05-27T11:04:55Z DOI: 10.1177/11771801241251862
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Authors:Tania Cliffe-Tautari (Te Arawa; Ngāi Tahu) Abstract: AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Ahead of Print. Rangatahi Māori (Māori youth, Indigenous people of New Zealand) are grossly over-represented in youth court statistics compared to other ethnicities (63%). Despite these statistics, research into cultural identity is sparse. This article presents recent PhD findings with 10 rangatahi Māori sentenced for offending behaviours, appearing in a New Zealand Youth Court or Ngā Kōti Rangatahi (Māori cultural led Youth Court). Findings indicated that whakapapa (genealogical) connections, te reo Māori (the Māori language), and culture influence a positive cultural identity and cultural pride in rangatahi Māori. Whānau (family) relationships support the transmission of cultural knowledge and remain pivotal to feeling culturally connected. In this PhD study, cultural pride enabled the participants to navigate systemic bias, racial profiling, and negative societal attitudes. These findings quash the deficit cultural disconnection trope and disrupt pathological crime narratives that Māori youth who offend are disconnected, dislocated, and disassociated from their cultural identity as Māori. Citation: AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples PubDate: 2024-05-27T11:03:13Z DOI: 10.1177/11771801241251428
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Authors:Moneca Sinclaire, Lindsay P Allen, Andrew R Hatala Abstract: AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Ahead of Print. This study analyzes the literature on Indigenous sacred sites within the larger topic areas of land-based education and healing, as per the guidance of Anishinaabe (a group of Indigenous Peoples from the Great Lakes and the Great Plains areas of contemporary Canada and USA) Elders and community leaders in eastern Manitoba, Canada. A scoping review was conducted to identify the size, scope, nature, and key themes of existing research in seven databases, inclusive of gray literature which is a key source for Indigenous organizations. In total, we analyzed 35 articles and documents. The emerging themes included: (1) sacred sites and the promotion of health and wellness; (2) sacred sites as places of knowledge; (3) the desecration and protection of sacred sites; and (4) legal battles between Indigenous Peoples and the state. Recommendations to advance understandings and correct colonially imposed imbalances are discussed, and health and legal implications are outlined. PubDate: 2024-05-22T11:12:26Z DOI: 10.1177/11771801241251411
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Authors:Petrina Leersen, Mark Lock (Ngiyampaa), Troy Walker (Yorta Yorta), Alessandro Crocetti, Jennifer Browne Abstract: AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Ahead of Print. The commercial determinants of health are an emerging area of inquiry; however, a comprehensive understanding of commercial activities impacting Indigenous peoples remains elusive. In 2021, an Australian parliamentary inquiry was initiated to examine how the corporate sector can better engage with Indigenous consumers. This study examined the commercial determinants of Indigenous health and social wellbeing by analysing submissions to the Inquiry. Twenty-five submissions were analysed: seven from Indigenous actors, five supplementary submissions, and the Inquiry’s interim report. Findings revealed exclusion of Indigenous leadership from the commercial sector, supply of harmful products, misleading branding, and predatory lending. This meant increased stress and reduced access to essential services for Indigenous consumers, despite affirmative corporate social responsibility strategies towards Indigenous peoples. Government policy should prioritise ongoing collaboration with Indigenous peoples in the development of regulatory mechanisms to mitigate the negative impact of commercial practices on health and social wellbeing. PubDate: 2024-05-22T06:57:37Z DOI: 10.1177/11771801241253291
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Authors:Georgia Vrakas, Arlene Laliberté (Timiskaming First Nation) Abstract: AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Ahead of Print. Although Indigenous Peoples represent 5% of the population in Canada, they present higher rates of psychosocial problems including mental health issues and suicide than their non-Indigenous counterparts. They are also over-represented in the youth protection and prison systems. This must be understood within the specific context of the oppression of Indigenous Peoples in Canada through colonization and colonialist policies. To improve Indigenous mental health and wellbeing, the oppression underlying it must be addressed. The objective of this article is to illustrate how we, as mental health researchers, can contribute to this process. Based on Collins’ matrix of domination, and bell hooks’s space of resistance, an analysis of community-based participatory research and its impacts on helping Indigenous People overcome oppression is offered. Limits of participatory research’s contributions to social change are presented. Anti-oppressive participatory research is offered as a promising alternative. PubDate: 2024-05-22T06:56:58Z DOI: 10.1177/11771801241251456
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Authors:Ranjan Datta, Teena Starlight (Tsuut’ina First Nation), Daniel Craig Mistaken (Kainai First Nation) Abstract: AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Ahead of Print. In this article, we explore the importance of incorporating Indigenous Elders’ perspectives in developing solutions to climate change. Following relational land-based theoretical frameworks, we learn from Indigenous Elders how they foster a strong sense of community and collective responsibility. Indigenous Elders prioritize inclusivity, social cohesion, and the interconnectedness of humans with nature. In our study, we focus on two main perspectives: how traditional land-based knowledge and practices held by Indigenous Elders contribute to the development of solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation. What lessons can be learned from Indigenous Elder perspectives that may guide global efforts in addressing climate change and creating a sustainable future for all' Our study suggests that recognizing and incorporating Indigenous Elder perspectives into climate change solutions is essential for addressing the complex and multidimensional challenges of the current climate crisis. PubDate: 2024-05-22T05:50:44Z DOI: 10.1177/11771801241251869
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Authors:Shree Kumar Maharjan (Newar), Blake Ratner, Antsa Razafimbelo Abstract: AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Ahead of Print. Indigenous Peoples have important roles and contributions in the systematic and sustainable management of natural resources; however, their full and effective participation in the related processes, mechanisms including related multi-stakeholder platforms, and dialogues (MSPDs) are not always ensured at the national and global levels. This article focuses on the review and analysis of the published and online papers, reports on Indigenous Peoples, and their contributions and conflicts related to natural resources, especially concerning power, politics, and policies with specific examples in the Asian context. The interest-based “power sharing” and “power with governance” model is appropriate for the effective engagement of Indigenous Peoples in multi-stakeholder dialogue on natural resources. PubDate: 2024-05-22T05:48:37Z DOI: 10.1177/11771801241251492
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Authors:Kourtney Kawano (Kanaka ̒Ōiwi) Abstract: AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Ahead of Print. Although emerging research on families of color explores internalized oppression and resistance, there is a gap in the literature on these phenomena’s incidence among Kanaka ̒Ōiwi (Native Hawaiian) ̒ohana (families) and the Lāhui (Hawaiian people, nation). Furthermore, scholars have yet to contextualize internalized oppression and resistance as huikau (confusion) and kū̒ē (to oppose, protest, resist), respectively. This conceptual article thus addresses this research gap while interweaving metaphors from Black feminist and Indigenous literature. This article provides a historical analysis of how internalized oppression and huikau came to afflict Kanaka ̒Ōiwi (Native Hawaiians) and conceptualizes the potentiality for kū̒ē at the ̒ohana dimension to generate a widespread disruption of huikau in communities and the Lāhui for collective social change. This conceptualization is offered as a culturally responsive intervention for educators, social workers, and health practitioners who engage with Kanaka ̒Ōiwi ̒ohana. PubDate: 2024-05-22T05:44:57Z DOI: 10.1177/11771801241250063
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Authors:Catherine Dussault (Wendat; Nation huronne-wendat), Marc Molgat, Mona Tolley (Anishinabekwe, Kitigan Zibi First Nation), Karine Vanthuyne Abstract: AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Ahead of Print. Since Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Canadian universities have pledged to Indigenize education and hired Indigenous Curriculum Specialists to implement this commitment. These new higher education employees, however, face limited resources for, and resistance to, their work. To move forward, Indigenous Curriculum Specialists are calling for fruitful dialogues between them and their interlocutors at all levels of decision and policy making. This article exemplifies and promotes such dialogues, by presenting a written version of the sharing circle the authors had about their experiences with implementing an Indigenous Curriculum Specialist-led Indigenization initiative. Readers are then invited to draw on the circle’s main themes—positionality, responsibility, and Indigenized practices—to reflect on the differentiated responsibilities they are themselves called upon to assume in Indigenizing post-secondary education from their own position. It is only through engaging all beings in this conversation that we will contribute to shared understandings and responsibility for the world. PubDate: 2024-05-22T05:36:57Z DOI: 10.1177/11771801241250032
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Authors:Reena Tiwari, John Richard Stephens, Kim John Scott (Noongar), Renee Parnell, James Morrison (Minang), Fatmaelzahraa Fekry Mohamed Hussein Abstract: AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Ahead of Print. State sanctioned removal of Australian Aboriginal children from family, culture, and country has had harmful and traumatic effects on the Survivors of this process and their children. Known as the Stolen Generations, children were detained in government settlements and church missions and stripped of Aboriginality. This article explores ways that a virtual reality reconstruction of mission environments may be implemented to memorialise and commemorate Survivor experience that avoid narratives of victimhood and destructive post-colonial overlays on their stories of survival. Our project is to develop a virtual reality model of Carrolup-Marribank Mission in Western Australia as a living digital memorial for use by Survivors and their families to help address their displacement and loss of culture and identity. This article shows how virtual reality may be a potent didactic tool to convey difficult histories as well as a purveyor of powerful stories that contest stereotyped perceptions of Aboriginal people. PubDate: 2024-05-21T09:45:39Z DOI: 10.1177/11771801241251445
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Authors:Ridvan Tupa’i-Firestone, Cheryl Davies (Ngāti Raukawa; Ngāti Wehi Wehi), Renee Davies (Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Wehi Wehi), Terry Fleming, Lisa Te Morenga (Ngāti Whātua Orakei, Te Uri o Hau, Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa), Te Kani Kingi (Ngāti Awa), Angelique O’Connell, Anna Matheson, Blakely Brown, Lis Ellision-Loschmann (Te Atiawa, Ngāi Tahu) Abstract: AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Ahead of Print. Empowering Indigenous youth in their communities and within their own social-cultural contexts is an essential approach to developing their capacity as community advocators. We adapted an established youth empowerment programme for use among 51 Indigenous New Zealand youth. The key learnings of the programme reported: (a) youth highly rated their understanding and confidence across various social-health contexts based on the programmes’ stance of developing the youths’ knowledge and social change in understanding their own health and well-being as community catalysts; and (b) incorporating Māori (Indigenous people of New Zealand) worldview to their understandings of mental wellness was important because it enabled youth to understand mental health issues in a culturally relevant and safe way, this was positively compounded by having a strong identity as Māori. This study adds to a small body of literature on the use of empowerment programmes for improving the health and well-being of Indigenous youth. PubDate: 2024-05-21T09:43:37Z DOI: 10.1177/11771801241251388
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Authors:Joel Nicholas Persaud (Jyekhwaå’) (Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq; Wapishana, Lokono-Arawak) Abstract: AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Ahead of Print.
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Authors:Rachael Cadman, Jamie Snook, Jim Goudie, Keith Watts, Todd Broomfield, Ron Johnson, Jessica Winters, Megan Bailey Abstract: AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Ahead of Print. Telling stories can be an empowering exercise, providing important insights into the values and priorities of the storytellers. This article shares stories told during a participatory scenario planning process among Inuit, an Indigenous People of northern Canada, Greenland, and Alaska, USA. This research takes place in Nunatsiavut, a land claim area in Labrador, Canada, to explore how visions provide insights into postcolonial futures for the fishing industry. Beginning in 2019, a group of fisheries stakeholders and managers came together to create a visioning process that would help them to develop consensus around priorities for the industry. Facilitated by university researchers, Inuit in the commercial fishing industry participated in an iterative data-collection process that involved interviews and a workshop. This article shares what was found during the scenario-planning process and position stories of the future within the context of Indigenous sovereignty. PubDate: 2024-05-09T09:13:29Z DOI: 10.1177/11771801241249920
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Authors:Byron Rangiwai (Ngāi Tūhoe; Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Manawa, Ngāti Whare) Abstract: AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Ahead of Print. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by persistent inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity, and executive dysfunction. While commonly associated with childhood, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder often persists into adulthood and poses significant challenges in various aspects of life, leading to negative self-perceptions, decreased quality of life, and increased risk of comorbid mental health conditions. There is a desperate need for more research about attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder from a Māori (Indigenous peoples of New Zealand) perspective. Considering the limited research, this article introduces the metaphor of the pīwakawaka (New Zealand Fantail) as a culturally grounded way of conceptualising attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder from a Māori perspective. The pīwakawaka’s characteristics, including its quick movements, curiosity, and ability to adapt to changing environments, mirror certain aspects of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. PubDate: 2024-05-08T11:05:30Z DOI: 10.1177/11771801241250058
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Authors:Mishel McMahon, Michael Chisholm, Werner Vogels, Corina Modderman Abstract: AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Ahead of Print. This article shares findings from evaluating a mentoring programme for Aboriginal youth on Yorta Yorta (an Aboriginal Tribal nation, north-eastern Victoria and Southern New South Wales, Australia) Country. This work is positioned in First Nations worldviews that are relational and require deep listening to youth, mentors, Elders, Country, and Ancestors. Applying a qualitative participatory action research design, methods involved attending camps on Country and research Yarning Circles. The findings demonstrate that Aboriginal mentoring programmes need to be led in their delivery and evaluation by First Nations peoples. This ensures that the programmes are culturally embedded in First Nations worldviews and that important interpretations of meanings are not overlooked. On Country experiences are a place for healing and learning. Country is a stakeholder in Aboriginal mentoring programmes. A trusting mentoring relationship creates a space where youth become part of an Aboriginal community, and where they feel strong in their identity. PubDate: 2024-05-08T11:04:31Z DOI: 10.1177/11771801241250051
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Authors:Gabriella Gricius, Annie Martel Abstract: AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Ahead of Print. Traditional Ecological Knowledge has historically been appropriated by White settler societies across the globe. It has an important role to play in environmental decision-making, particularly in climate policy. Due to past colonization and continued neo-colonial pressures, Indigenous women’s Traditional Ecological Knowledge has an even less prominent position in environmental policies. Traditional Ecological Knowledge can help build local expertise, formulate research questions, and provide insights into community adaptation and monitoring. We explore the case of Canadian environmental policy, arguing that although Canadian rhetoric seems to consider Traditional Ecological Knowledge, both women’s and otherwise, it rarely does so. When included, it is only done in a superficial manner within legal requirements. We suggest that the lack of attention paid to Indigenous women’s Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Canadian environmental decision-making (1) ignores the disproportionate impacts that Indigenous women experience because of climate change, (2) perpetuates gender blindness, and (3) does not recognize the key insights that women’s Traditional Ecological Knowledge can offer. PubDate: 2024-04-10T04:19:40Z DOI: 10.1177/11771801241241816
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