National Revival or National Burden: A Critical Examination of Discourses on Indigenous Birth, Population Growth and Demography

The dominant Canadian narrative of Indigenous fertility has been told largely from the perspective of non-Indigenous Canadians. Politicians, healthcare professionals, demographers, and economists consistently characterize Indigenous fertility as too high and required to conform to Eurocentric norms....

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Published in:aboriginal policy studies
Main Author: Richard Togman
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
French
Published: University of Alberta 2020
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5663/aps.v9i1.29369
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:c7932014da044d00968dff88fb984d17 2023-05-15T13:28:34+02:00 National Revival or National Burden: A Critical Examination of Discourses on Indigenous Birth, Population Growth and Demography Richard Togman 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5663/aps.v9i1.29369 https://doaj.org/article/c7932014da044d00968dff88fb984d17 EN FR eng fre University of Alberta https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/aps/index.php/aps/article/view/29369 https://doaj.org/toc/1923-3299 1923-3299 doi:10.5663/aps.v9i1.29369 https://doaj.org/article/c7932014da044d00968dff88fb984d17 Aboriginal Policy Studies, Vol 9, Iss 1 (2020) Anthropology GN1-890 Communities. Classes. Races HT51-1595 article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5663/aps.v9i1.29369 2022-12-31T04:34:25Z The dominant Canadian narrative of Indigenous fertility has been told largely from the perspective of non-Indigenous Canadians. Politicians, healthcare professionals, demographers, and economists consistently characterize Indigenous fertility as too high and required to conform to Eurocentric norms. This has resulted in a wide variety of colonial interventions into the reproductive lives of Indigenous peoples. This article will provide a brief overview of the ways in which mainstream Canadian society has characterized Indigenous fertility and explore the subjugated discourse practiced by Indigenous nations in Canada regarding their own fertility, highlighted by original research conducted with Anishinaabe people in Thunder Bay. Article in Journal/Newspaper anishina* Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Canada Thunder Bay ENVELOPE(68.885,68.885,-49.325,-49.325) aboriginal policy studies 9 1
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description The dominant Canadian narrative of Indigenous fertility has been told largely from the perspective of non-Indigenous Canadians. Politicians, healthcare professionals, demographers, and economists consistently characterize Indigenous fertility as too high and required to conform to Eurocentric norms. This has resulted in a wide variety of colonial interventions into the reproductive lives of Indigenous peoples. This article will provide a brief overview of the ways in which mainstream Canadian society has characterized Indigenous fertility and explore the subjugated discourse practiced by Indigenous nations in Canada regarding their own fertility, highlighted by original research conducted with Anishinaabe people in Thunder Bay.
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