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• Title:Restructuring relations : indigenous self-determination, governance, and gender / Rauna Kuokkanen.
  
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• Author/Creator:Kuokkanen, Rauna Johanna, author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Xwi7xwa Collection.
  
• Published/Created:New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
  ©2019
  

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  • Location:XWI7XWA LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: K K86 R47 2019
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• FNHL (Xwi7xwa) Subjects:Indigenous Peoples--Women--Government policy
  Indigenous Peoples--Self-government
  Indigenous Peoples--Aboriginal rights
  Indigenous Peoples--Two-spirit--Government policy
  
• Library of Congress Subjects: Indigenous peoples--Government relations.
  Indigenous peoples--Politics and government.
  Indigenous women--Civil rights.
  Indigenous women--Violence against.
  Self-determination, National.
  Feminist theory.
  
• Description:xi, 368 pages ; 25 cm
  
• Summary:"Adopted in 2007, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples establishes self-determination--including free, prior, and informed consent--as a foundational right and principle. Self-determination, both individual and collective, is among the most important and pressing issues for Indigenous women worldwide. Yet Indigenous women's interests have been overlooked in the formulation of Indigenous self-government, and existing studies of Indigenous self-government largely ignore issues of gender. As such, the current literature on Indigenous governance conceals patriarchal structures and power that create barriers for women to resources and participation in Indigenous societies. Drawing on Indigenous and feminist political and legal theory--as well as extensive participant interviews in Canada, Greenland, and Scandinavia-- this book argues that the current rights discourse and focus on Indigenous-state relations is too limited in scope to convey the full meaning of "self-determination" for Indigenous peoples. The book conceptualizes self-determination as a foundational value informed by the norm of integrity and suggests that Indigenous self-determination cannot be achieved without restructuring all relations of domination nor can it be secured in the absence of gender justice. As a foundational value, self-determination seeks to restructure all relations of domination, not only hegemonic relations with the state. Importantly, it challenges the opposition between "self-determination" and "gender" created and maintained by international law, Indigenous political discourse, and Indigenous institutions. Restructuring relations of domination further entails examining the gender regimes present in existing Indigenous self-government institutions, interrogating the relationship between Indigenous self-determination and gender violence, and considering future visions of Indigenous self-determination, such as rematriation of Indigenous governance and an independent statehood."--Provided by publisher.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780190913281
  0190913282
  
• Contents:Introduction : Indigenous feminist examination of self-determination
  Self-determination : foundational value
  Indigenous self-government structures in Canada, Greenland, and Sápmi
  Implementing Indigenous self-determination : self-administration, rematriation, or independence?
  Gendering Indigenous self-government
  Self-determination and violence against Indigenous women
  Indigenous gender justice as restructuring relations.