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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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:c7932014da044d00968dff88fb984d17 2023-05-15T13:28:57+02:00 National Revival or National Burden: A Critical Examination of Discourses on Indigenous Birth, Population Growth and Demography Richard Togman 2020-12-01 https://doi.org/10.5663/aps.v9i1.29369 https://doaj.org/article/c7932014da044d00968dff88fb984d17 en fr eng fre University of Alberta 1923-3299 doi:10.5663/aps.v9i1.29369 https://doaj.org/article/c7932014da044d00968dff88fb984d17 undefined Aboriginal Policy Studies, Vol 9, Iss 1 (2020) demo socio Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2020 fttriple https://doi.org/10.5663/aps.v9i1.29369 2023-01-22T19:22:55Z 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* Unknown Canada Thunder Bay ENVELOPE(68.885,68.885,-49.325,-49.325) aboriginal policy studies 9 1 |
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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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National Revival or National Burden: A Critical Examination of Discourses on Indigenous Birth, Population Growth and Demography |
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National Revival or National Burden: A Critical Examination of Discourses on Indigenous Birth, Population Growth and Demography |
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