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IGOV Research Spotlight:

Indigenous Resurgence for Healthier Lands and Peoples

The goal of Archipelagos of Indigenous-Led Resurgence for Planetary Health is to develop globally impactful research that works towards reconciling the damaging done to the health of the plant, people, and human relations. Our aim is to use this research to demonstrate how place-based evidence for Indigenous-led resurgence can be synergized across “Island” sites to create an “Archipelago” of transformative change for planetary health. By using the proof-of-concept approach, we aim to support Indigenous resurgent practices that create healthier lands and healthier people by addressing climate change, biodiversity loss, and food-water-energy insecurity.

Co-Principal Investigators: Hōkūlani Aikau, Heather Castleden, Jeff Corntassel, Tatiana Degai, Heather Igloliorte, Melissa Nelson, Carey Newman, Nicole Redvers, Deondre Smiles, Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark

Funding: CIHR and SSHRC

Faculty Research

Dr. H艒k奴lani K. Aikau

Articles Published in Referred Journals:

Aikau, H. K. (2021). Mana Wahine and Mothering at the Loʻi: A Two-spirit/Queer Analysis. Australian Feminist Studies.

Aikau, H. K., & Vicuña Gonzalez, V. (2019). Curating a Decolonial Guide: The Detours Project. Shima, 13(2).

La Valle, F. F., Camvel, D. A. K., Thomas, F. I. M., Aikau, H. K., & Lemus, J. D. (2019). Interdisciplinary Research Through a Shared Lexicon: Merging ʻIke Kupuna and Western Science to Examine Characteristics of Water. Hūlili: Journal on Hawaiian Well-Being, 11(1), 167-185.

Aikau, H. K., & Camvel, D. K. (2016). Cultural Traditions and Food: Kānaka Maoli and the Production of Poi. Food, Culture, & Society, 19(3), 539-561.

Aikau, H. K. (2016). Telling Stories at the kitchen table, or Lessons from my Father. Biography, 39(3), 499-503.

Aikau, H. K., Arvin, M., Goeman, M., & Moregensen, S. (2015). Indigenous Feminisms Roundtable. Frontiers: A Journal of Women’s Studies, 36(3), 84-106.

Aikau, H. K. (2015). Following the Alaloa Kīpapa of our Ancestors: A Trans-Indigenous Futurity without the State (United States or otherwise). American Quarterly, 67(3), 653-659.

Aikau, H. K. (2012). More than Preserving a Polynesian Paradise. Arena Journal, 37/38, 129-152.

Aikau, H. K. (2010). Indigeneity in the Diaspora: The Case of Native Hawaiians at Iosepa, Utah. American Quarterly, 62(3), 477-500.

Aikau, H. K. (2008). Resisting Exile in the Promised Land: He Mo‘olelo no Lā‘ie. American Indian Quarterly, 32(1), 70-95.

Aikau, H. K., & Spencer, J. H. (2007). Introduction: Local Reaction to Global Integration – The Political Economy of Development in Indigenous Communities. Alternatives: Global, Local, and Political, 32(1), 1-7.

Aikau, H. K., Erickson, K., & Leo, W. (2003). Three Women Writing/Riding Feminism’s Third Wave. Qualitative Sociology, 26(3), 397-425.

Books, Chapters, Monographs:

Aikau, H. K., & Vecuña Gonzalez, V. (2023). Curating a Decolonial Guide: The Detours Project. In Islandscapes and Tourism: An Anthology, J. M. Cheer, S. Prince, & P. Hayward (Eds.).

Aikau, H. K. (2023). Removing Weeds so Natives can Grow: A metaphor reconsidered. In Indigenous Resurgence in the Age of Reconciliation, H. Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark, A. Craft, & H. K. Aikau (Eds.).

Stark, H. K., Craft, A., & Aikau, H. K. (Eds.). (2023). Indigenous Resurgence in the Age of Reconciliation. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Aikau, H. K. (2023). Unsettling the Settler-Black-Native Tryptic with Octavia E. Butler’s Wild Seed. In Disciplinary Futures: Sociology in Conversation with American, Ethnic, and Indigenous Studies, N. Kim & P. Dhingra (Eds.).

Aikau, H. K. (2021). Decolonization. In Keywords in Gender and Sexuality Studies.

Aikau, H. K., & Gonzalez, V. V. (Eds.). (2019). Detours: A Decolonial Guidebook to Hawaiʻi. Durham: Duke University Press.

Aikau, H. K. (2019). From Malihini to Hoaʻāina: Reconnecting People, Places and Practices. In The Past Before Us: Moʻokūʻauhau as Methodology, N. Wilson-Hokowhitu (Ed.).

Aikau, H. K., Erickson, K., & Pierce, J. L. (2018). Feminism: First, Second and Third Waves. In The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology, H. Callan (Ed.).

Aikau, H. K. (2018). Bringing the ʻumeke of poi to the table. In Everyday Acts of Resurgence: People, Place, Practices, J. Corntassel, T. Alfred, N. Goodyear–Ka‘ōpua, N. K. Silva, H. K. Aikau, & D. Mucina (Eds.).

Aikau, H. K., Goodyear-Kaʻōpua, N., & Silva, N. K. (2016). The Practice of Kuleana: Reflections on Critical Indigenous Studies through Trans-Indigenous Exchange. In Critical Indigenous Studies, A. Moreton-Robinson (Ed.).

Aikau, H. K., Kalei, N., & Wong, B. (2015). He‘eia Kūpuna Mapping Workshops: Unearthing the Past, Inspiring the Future in Hawai‘i. In Tweets from the Field: Ethnographic Updates from Asia and the Pacific Islands, S. S. Finney, M. Moustafanezhad, G. Carlo, & F. W. Young (Eds.).

Aikau, H. K., & Corntassel, J. (2014). Forces of Mobility & Mobilization: Indigenous Peoples confront Globalization. In SAGE Handbook of Globalization, P. Battersby, M. B. Steger, & J. Siracusa (Eds.).

Aikau, H. K. (2012). A Chosen People, a Promised Land: Mormonism and Race in Hawai‘i. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

Aikau, H. K., Erickson, K., & Pierce, J. L. (Eds.). (2007). Feminist Waves, Feminist Generational Cultures: Life Stories of Three Generations in the Academy, 1968 - 1998. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

Aikau, H. K. (2007). Between Wind and Water: Thinking about the Third Wave as Metaphor and Materiality. In Feminist Waves, Feminist Generational Cultures: Life Stories of Three Generations in the Academy, 1968 – 1998, H. K. Aikau, K. Erickson, & J. L. Pierce (Eds.).

Other Publications:

Corntassel, J., Alfred, T., Goodyear–Ka‘ōpua, N., Silva, N. K., Aikau, H. K., & Mucina, D. (Eds.). (2018). Everyday Acts of Resurgence: People, Places, Practices. Olympia, WA: Daykeeper Press.

Camvel, D. A. K., & Aikau, H. K. (2016). Urban Waterways, Native Hawaiian Traditional Customary Practices and Western Science. In Urban Waterways Newsletter: Urban Waterways and the Impact of History, Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum, Spring 2016:6.

Aikau, H. K., & Spencer, J. H. (Eds.). (2007). The Political Economy of Development in Indigenous Communities. Alternatives: Global, Local, and Political, 32(1).

Dr. Gina Starblanket

Books:

Starblanket, G. (2023). Making Space for Indigenous Feminism (3rd ed.). Winnipeg and Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.

Starblanket, G., & Hunt, D. (2020). Storying Violence: Unravelling Colonial Narratives in the Stanley Case. Winnipeg: ARP Books.

Starblanket, G., & Long, D. (Eds.). (2019). Visions of the Heart: Issues Involving Indigenous People in Canada (5th ed.). Oxford University Press.

Book Chapters:

Starblanket, G. (2023). Beyond Rights and Wrongs: The Resurgence of a Treaty-based Ethic of Relationality. In H. K. Stark, A. Craft, & H. Aikau (Eds.), Indigenous Resurgence in an Age of Reconciliation. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Starblanket, G., Coburn, E., Dhamoon, R. K., Green, J., Fuji Johnson, G., Stark, H. K., & Hunt, D. (2022). Anti-racist Feminism and the Generative Power of Disruption. In F. MacDonald, S. Paterson, E. Tungohan, & N. Nath (Eds.), Feministing in Political Science. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press.

Starblanket, G., & Coburn, E. (2020). This Country Has Another Story: Colonial Crisis, Treaty Relationships and Indigenous Women’s Futurities. In H. Whiteside (Ed.), Canadian Political Economy. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Starblanket, G. (2020). Transforming the Gender Divide? Deconstructing Femininity and Masculinity in Indigenous Politics. In F. MacDonald & A. Dobrowolsky (Eds.), Turbulent Times, Transformational Possibilities?: Gender and Politics Today and Tomorrow. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Starblanket, G., & Hunt (2020). Whither the Medicine Chest? COVID-19 and the Histories and Contemporary Realities of Colonial Violence. In BTL Editorial Committee (Ed.), Sick of the System: Why the COVID-19 recovery must be revolutionary. Toronto: Between the Lines Press.

Starblanket, G., & Stark, H. (2018). Towards a Relational Paradigm: Four Points of Consideration. In M. Asch, J. Borrows, & J. Tully (Eds.), Resurgence and Reconciliation: Indigenous-Settler Relations and Earth Teachings. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Starblanket, G. (2018). Resurgence as Relationality. In J. Corntassel et al. (Eds.), Everyday Acts of Resurgence: People, Places, Practices. Intercontinental Cry.

Starblanket, G. (2017). Being Indigenous Feminists: Resurgences Against Contemporary Patriarchy. In J. Green (Ed.), Making Space for Indigenous Feminism (2nd ed.). Halifax: Fernwood Publications.

Journal Articles:

Crosschild, R., Starblanket, G., Voth, D., Hubbard, T., & Little Bear, L. (2023). Awakening Buffalo Consciousness: Lessons, Theory, and Practice from the Buffalo Treaty. Wicazo Sa Review, 36(1).

Starblanket, G. (2019). Constitutionalizing (In)Justice: Treaty Implementation and the Containment of Indigenous Governance. Constitutional Forum, 28(2), 13-24.

Starblanket, G. (2019). Complex Accountabilities: Deconstructing “the Community” and Engaging Indigenous Feminist Research Methods. American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 42(4), 1-15.

Starblanket, G. (2019). The Numbered Treaties and the Politics of Incoherency. Canadian Journal of Political Science, 52(3), 443-459.

Essays and Discussions in Peer-Reviewed Journals:

Starblanket, G., & Hunt, D. (2022). Lives More Recognizable than Individual: Indigenous Communities in the Face of Pandemics. American Quarterly, 74(3).

Tootoosis, J., Starblanket, G., Hubbard, T., Charlie, L., & Hunt, D. (2022). Aesthetics of Anti-Colonialism: Contesting Colonial Frames and Modes of Violence. Journal of Canadian Studies, 56(2).

Dr. Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark

Articles Published in Refereed Journals:

Stark, H. K., & Stark, K. J. (2022). Infrastructure, Jurisdiction, Extractivism: Keywords for decolonizing geographies. Political Geographies.

Stark, H. K., & Stark, K. J. (2018). Nenabozho Goes Fishing: A Sovereignty Story. Daedalus Special Issue: Unfolding Futures: Indigenous Ways of Knowing for the Twenty-first Century.

Stark, H. K. (2016). Criminal Empire: The Making of the Savage in a Lawless Land. Theory and Event.

Stark, H. K. (2013). Nenabozho’s Smartberries: Rethinking Tribal Sovereignty and Accountability. Michigan State University Law Review, 2013 Mich. St. L. Rev..

Stark, H. K. (2012). Marked By Fire: Anishinaabe Articulations of Nationhood in Treaty-Making with the United States and Canada. American Indian Quarterly, Vol. 36, No. 2 Spring 2012.

Stark, H. K., & Bauerkemper, J. (2012). The Trans/National Terrain of Anishinaabe Law and Diplomacy. Journal of Transnational American Studies.

Stark, H. K. (2010). Respect, Responsibility, and Renewal: The Foundations of Anishinaabe Treaty-Making with the United States and Canada. American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Special Edition: New Interpretations of Native Cultural Preservation, Revitalization, and Persistence, vol.34, no.2.

Stark, H. K., Meland, C., Howe, L., & Bauerkemper, J. (2005). The Bases are Loaded: American Indians and American Studies, It’s Not Just a Game. Journal of Indigenous Studies and American Studies.

Books:

Stark, H. K., & Wilkins, D. (2017). American Indian Politics and the American Political System, 4th Edition. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.

Stark, H. K., & Wilkins, D. (2010). American Indian Politics and the American Political System, 3rd Edition. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.

Edited Books:

Stark, H. K., Doerfler, J., & Sinclair, N. J. (2013). Centering Anishinaabe Studies: Understanding the World Through Stories. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press.

Stark, H. K., Craft, A., & Aikau, H. K. (Eds.). (2023). Indigenous Resurgence in an Age of Reconciliation. University of Toronto Press (Forthcoming, May 2023).

Book Chapters:

Stark, H. K., & Coburn, E. (2023). Anti-Racist Feminism and the Generative Power of Disruption. In N. Nath, E. Tungohan, F. MacDonald, & A. Cattapan (Eds.), Feministing Political Science. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press (Forthcoming).

Stark, H. K. (2022). Generating a Critical Resurgence Together. In H. K. Stark, A. Craft, & H. K. Aikau (Eds.), Indigenous Resurgence in an Age of Reconciliation. University of Toronto Press.

Stark, H. K. (2019). Colonialism, Gender Violence and the Making of the Canadian State. In G. Starblanket & D. Long (Eds.), Visions of the Heart: Issues Involving Indigenous People in Canada.

Stark, H. K. (2018). Toward a Relational Paradigm: Four Points for Consideration (Power, Gender, Mobility, Technology). In M. Asch, J. Borrows, & J. Tully (Eds.), Reconciliation and Resurgence: Indigenous-Settler Relations and Earth Teachings.

Stark, H. K. (2017). Changing the Treaty Question: Remedying the Right(s) Relationship. In J. Borrows & M. Coyle (Eds.), The Right(s) Relationship: Reimagining the Implementation of Historical Treaties.

Stark, H. K. (2016). Stories as Law: A Method to Live By. In C. Andersen & J. M. O’Brien (Eds.), Historical Methodologies and Methods in Indigenous Studies.

Stark, H. K., & Stark, K. J. (2013). Transforming the Trickster: Federal Indian Law Encounters Anishinaabe Diplomacy. In J. Doerfler, H. K. Stark, & N. J. Sinclair (Eds.), Centering Anishinaabe Studies: Understanding the World Through Stories.

Stark, H. K., Doerfler, J., & Sinclair, N. J. (2013). Bagijige: Making an Offering. In J. Doerfler, H. K. Stark, & N. J. Sinclair (Eds.), Centering Anishinaabe Studies: Understanding the World Through Stories.

Dr. Dawn Smith

Articles Published in Refereed Journals:

Smith, D., & Thorson, H. (2019). Building Transdisciplinary Relationship through Multidirectional Memory Work and Education. Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies, 55(4), University of Toronto Press.

Books, Chapters, Monographs:

Deckert, A., George, L., Norris, N. N., & Tauri, J. (Eds.). (2020). Colonial Policies and Indigenous Women in Canada. In Smith, D. (pp. 53–73). Palgrave Macmillan Cham.

Hallgrimsdottir, H., & Thorson, H. (Eds.). (2019). Narratives of Memory, Migration, and Xenophobia in the European Union and Canada. In Smith, D. (Chapter 2: I-witness Holocaust Field School Experiences, Indigenous Peoples, and Reconciliation in Canada). ePublishing Services, 番茄社区 Libraries.

Smith, D. (2019). Indigenous Communities in Canada: Nuu-chah-nulth. Beech Street Books.

Harrison, S., Simcoe, J., Smith, D., & Stein, J. (2018). Indigenization Guide: Leaders and Administrators. Camosun College. BCcampus Creative Commons. Open Source.

Dr. Devi Mucina

Articles Published in Referred Journals:

Mucina, D. D. (2020). How Our Lived Ubuntu Experience Can Widen Our Dreams: An Indigenous Narrative. African Journal of Social Work, 10(1), Special Issue on Ubuntu Social Work.

von der Porten, S., Corntassel, J., & Mucina, D. (2019). Strategies for the reassertion of Indigenous authority and inter-Indigenous collaboration regarding marine resources. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples.

Levac, L., McMurtry, L., Stienstra, D., Baikie, G., Hanson, C., & Mucina, D. (2018). Learning Across Indigenous And Western Knowledge Systems And Intersectionality: Reconciling Social Science Research Approaches. Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women.

Mucina, D. D. (2015). How to Respond When Disability is the Problem. Relational Child & Youth Care Practice, 28(4).

Mucina, D. D. (2015). Albinism: An Erasable Childhood. The Journal of Pan African Studies, 8(2).

Mucina, D. D. (2013). I Am Your Son, Baba. Child & Youth Services: A Taylor & Francis Journal, 34(4).

Mucina, D. D. (2013). Ubuntu Orality as a Living Philosophy. The Journal of Pan African Studies, 6(4).

Mucina, D. D. (2012). Ubuntu: Sharing Our Black Knowledge with Our Children. Relational Child & Youth Care Practice, 25(4).

Mucina, D. D. (2011). The First and Only Letter to Amai (mother). The Journal of Pan African Studies, 4(5).

Mucina, D. D. (2011). Story as Research Methodology. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 7(1).

Mucina, D. D. (2010). We Exist Because They Exist. Journal on Developmental Disabilities, 16(3).

Mucina, D. D. (2008). Revitalizing Memory in Honour of Traditional Maseko Ngoni Governance. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 4(2).

Mucina, D. D. (2004). Transforming Orphanage Care: A Case Example in Zimbabwe. Journal of Child and Youth Care Forum, 33(3).

Referred Monograph Books:

Mucina, D. D. (2022). Ubuntu Relational Love: Decolonizing Black Masculinities (Dion Johstone) [Audiobook]. University of Manitoba Press.

Mucina, D. D. (2019). Ubuntu Relational Love: Decolonizing Black Masculinities. University of Manitoba Press.

Mucina, D. D. (2010). Our Orality Is Our Collective History As Maseko Ngoni: Revitalizing Memory in Honour of Ubuntu. Lambert Academic Publishing.

Referred Edited Books:

Corntassel, J., Alfred, T., Goodyear–Ka‘ōpua, N., Silva, N. K., Aikau, H., & Mucina, D. (Eds.). (2018). Everyday Acts of Resurgence: People, Places, Practices. Daykeeper Press.

Wane, D., Mucina, D., Zirah, J., Tewelde, Y., Adyanga, A. F., Opini, B., Manyimo, E., & Newman. (2009). A Glance at Africa. Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse.

Referred Chapters in Books:

Mucina, D. D. (2022). Sister-Mother, Community-Mothers, and Female-Father. In K. Todd, N. Wane, C. Chau & H. Watts (Eds.). Decolonizing and Indigenizing Visions of Educational Leadership: Global Perspectives in Charting the Course. Emerald Publishing Limited.

von der Porten, S., Ota, Y., & Mucina, D. (2021). Indigenous Knowledge, Knowledge-Holders and Marine Environmental Governance. In T. Thornton and S. Bhagwat (Eds.), Handbook of Indigenous Environmental Knowledge: Global Themes and Practice. Taylor & Francis, pp. 356-363.

Hackett, V.C.R., Gooden, A., Allan, B., & Mucina, D. (2020). Walking together: Indigenous and Black perspectives on decolonizing education. In Naadli T. Ormiston, Kundoqk J. Green & Aguirre (Eds.) S’tenistolw: Moving forward in Indigenous higher education. Vernon, BC: JCharlton Publishing.

Mucina, D. D. (2019). A Journal on Ubuntu Spirituality. In N. Wane, K. Todd, C. Chau & H. Watts (Eds.). Decolonizing the Spirit Anthology: Resistance and Solidarity. Palgrave Macmillan Publishing.

Mucina, D. D. (2018). Decolonizing Indigenous Fatherhood. In Corntassel, J., Alfred, T., Goodyear–Ka‘ōpua, N., Silva, N. K., Aikau, H., & Mucina, D. (Eds.). Everyday Acts of Resurgence: People, Places, Practices. Daykeeper Press.

Mucina, D. D. (2018). The Journey to You, Baba. In Wong, Yuk-Lin Renita & Batacharya, Sheila (Eds.). Sharing breath: embodied learning and decolonization. Athabasca University Press.

Mucina, D. D. (2011). Moving beyond Neo-Colonialism to Ubuntu Governance. In Wane, Njoki; Kempf, Arlo & Simmons, Marlon (Eds.). The Politics of Cultural Knowledge. Sense Publication.

Mucina, D. D. (2007). Emergence from colonialism: Memories and stories of Bantu life. In Cullis- Suzuki S. (Ed.). Notes from Canada’s New Activists: A Generation Stands Up for Change. Vancouver: Greystone Books.

Student Research

Theses from graduates of the School of Indigenous Governance are .

Eriksen, Machenka (2022-05-05)

George, Rachel (2021-09-10)

Gilpin, Erynne M. (2020-01-27)

Hetu, Nicole M. (2017-09-12)

Martineau, Jarrett (2015-09-17)

Gaudry, Adam James Patrick (2014-02-13)

Makokis, Janice Alison (2011-10-17)

Wickham, Molly (2011-10-17)

Grey, Sam (2011-08-26)

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Daigle, Michelle (2011-06-01)

McGuire Adams, Tricia (2010-11-16)

Atleo, Clifford Gordon (2010-08-27)

Wildcat, Matthew (2010-04-30)

Ogilvie, Chiinuuks (2010-04-08)

Barker, Adam Joseph (2010-03-31)

Watts, Vanessa A. (2010-02-19)

Mucina, Devi Dee (2010-02-11)

Regan, Paulette Yvonne Lynette (2009-12-03)

Pitawanakwat, Brock Thorbjorn (2009-08-31)

Carey, Michael Allen (2008-10-29)

Myskow, Susan (2008-07-07)

Price, Jackie (2008-06-10)

Poulette, Adriana (2008-06-10)

Quirt, Lyanne (2008-04-30)

Estey, Elizabeth (2008-04-09)

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