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

• Published in: aboriginal policy studies
• Main Author: Richard Togman
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: University of Alberta 2020
• Subjects: Anthropology; GN1-890; Communities. Classes. Races; HT51-1595; Canada; Thunder Bay; anishina*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5663/aps.v9i1.29369; https://doaj.org/article/c7932014da044d00968dff88fb984d17

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....