The politics of indigeneity : challenging the state in Canada and Aotearoa New Zealand /

The period 1995 to 2004 was the UN's International Decade of World Indigenous Peoples. This reflected the increasing organisation of indigenous peoples around a commonality of concerns, needs and ambitions. In both New Zealand and Canada, these politics challenge the colonial structures that so...

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Main Authors: Maaka, Roger (Author), Fleras, Augie, 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dunedin, New Zealand : University of Otago Press, 2005.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : taking indigeneity seriously
  • Engaging indigeneity : challenge, resistance and transformation
  • Ngā tangata whenua : Māori in Aotearoa
  • Sovereignty lost, tino rangatiratanga reclaimed, self-determination secured, partnership forged
  • Aboriginal peoples of Canada : peoples, problems and policies
  • Re-priming the partnership : the politics of aboriginality in Canada
  • Contesting the constitutional terrain, shifting the foundational rules : paradoxes, politics and promises
  • Indigeneity at the edge : towards a constructive engagement.