Description
Book SynopsisThis book explores the complexity of urban Indigeneity in Canada and internationally and positions urban areas as places of Indigenous resilience and cultural innovation.
Table of ContentsIntroduction / Evelyn Peters and Chris Andersen
Part 1: Aboriginal Urbanization in Canada
1 The Urbanization of Aboriginal Populations in Canada: A Half Century in Review / Mary Jane Norris, Stewart Clatworthy, and Evelyn Peters
2 Urban Aboriginality as a Distinctive Identity, in Twelve Parts / Chris Andersen
3 Breaching Reserve Boundaries: Canada v. Misquadis and the Legal Creation of the Urban Aboriginal Community / Yale D. Belanger
4 “I Basically Mostly Stick with My Own Kind”: First Nations Appropriation of Urban Space in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan / Evelyn Peters and Carol Lafond
5 Being Métis: Exploring the Construction, Retention, and Maintenance of Urban Métis Identity / Ronald F. Laliberte
6 Laying the Groundwork for Co-Production: The Saskatoon Indian and Métis Friendship Centre, 1968-82 / Pamela Ouart and the Saskatoon Indian and Métis Friendship Centre
7 Increasing the Depth of Our Civic Identity: Future Seeking and Place Making with Aboriginal Communities / Ryan Walker
Part 2: American Indian Urbanization in the United States
8 American Indians and Alaska Natives in Urban Environments / C. Matthew Snipp
9 “Being Indian in the City”: Generational Differences in the Negotiation of Native Identity among Urban-Based American Indians / Nancy Lucero
10 Dancing into Place: The Role of the Powwow within Urban Indigenous Communities / Jay T. Johnson
Part 3: Aboriginal Urbanization in Australia
11 Indigenous Urbanization in Australia: Patterns and Processes of Ethnogenesis / John Taylor
12 Aboriginal Identity and Place in the Intercultural Settings of Metropolitan Australia / Kelly Greenop and Paul Memmott
13 Aboriginal Youth, Work, and Aspiration in Sydney’s Redfern-Waterloo Region / George Morgan
Part 4: Maori Urbanization in New Zealand
14 The Structure of Urban Maori Identities / Tahu Kukutai
15 Maori and Environmental Justice: The Case of “Lake” Otara / Brad Coombes
16 Producing Indigeneity / Brendan Hokowhitu
Conclusion: Indigenizing Modernity or Modernizing Indigeneity? / Chris Andersen and Evelyn Peters
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