Indigenous Experience: Global Perspectives - Softcover

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9781551303000: Indigenous Experience: Global Perspectives

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ISBN 10: 1551303000 ISBN 13: 9781551303000

Publisher: Canadian Scholars Press, 2006

The Indigenous Experience: Global Perspectives is the first book of its kind. In attempting to present the reader with some of the richness and heterogeneity of Indigenous colonial experiences, the articles featured in this provocative new volume constitute a broad survey of Indigenous Peoples from around the globe. Examples are drawn from the North American nations of Canada and the United States; the Hispanic nations of Latin America; Australia; New Zealand; Hawaii and Rapanui from Oceania; from Northern Europe and the circumpolar region, Norway; and from the continent of Africa, an example from Nigeria. The readings focus on the broader issues of indigeneity in globalization; the book is organized by universal themes that stretch across national and geographic boundaries: ? The processes of colonization that include conquest, slavery, and dependence ? Colonialism, genocide, and the problem of intention ? Social constructs, myths, and criminalization ? The ongoing struggle to att

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About the Author:

Roger C.A. Maaka is a Professor of Maori and Indigenous Studies at the Eastern Institute of Technology in Aotearoa (New Zealand). Formerly the Head of Native Studies at the University of Saskatchewan, he is a Maori expert and scholar. Dr. Maaka's research interests include Indigenous peoples' quest for equity. Chris Andersen is Metis from Saskatchewan, and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta.

Review:

?[To date, ] there is no other focused text on racism, especially in the context of Canada, that ?takes on? the established orthodoxy of the liberal multiculturalist agenda of assimilation/cultural genocide of Indigenous peoples.? -- GERALD TAIAIAKE ALFRED "Indigenous Peoples Research Chair, University of Victoria"

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