Re-Membering Our Nations: Indigenous Custom Adoption and Determining Belonging Beyond the Indian Act
This is a study and analysis of Indigenous membership and belonging. Specifically, this thesis takes up the historical and contemporary harms of colonialism and the Indian Act (1876) have had on First Nations band membership codes and Indigenous practices of determining belonging. The central task o...
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ftunivcalgary:oai:prism.ucalgary.ca:1880/114941 2023-10-09T21:51:33+02:00 Re-Membering Our Nations: Indigenous Custom Adoption and Determining Belonging Beyond the Indian Act Wilson, Ariane Voth, Daniel Jacob-Paul Starblanket, Gina Nicole Thomas, Melanee Lynn 2022-08-08 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1880/114941 https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/39987 eng eng Arts University of Calgary Wilson, A. (2022). Re-Membering Our Nations: Indigenous Custom Adoption and Determining Belonging Beyond the Indian Act (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. http://hdl.handle.net/1880/114941 https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/39987 University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. Indian Act membership codes custom adoption nationhood peoplehood kinship relationality Indian status Native American Studies Political Science master thesis 2022 ftunivcalgary https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/39987 2023-09-24T17:42:49Z This is a study and analysis of Indigenous membership and belonging. Specifically, this thesis takes up the historical and contemporary harms of colonialism and the Indian Act (1876) have had on First Nations band membership codes and Indigenous practices of determining belonging. The central task of this study is to determine how Indigenous nations can determine membership and belonging beyond colonial confines. I draw on literature on Indigenous nationhood and peoplehood to develop a framework that outlines pathways for belonging that are embedded within networks of kinship and relationality, rather than the arbitrary boundaries of colonial legislation. Throughout the thesis, I argue that Indigenous custom adoptions, in the way they occur within Indigenous legal, political, and kinship systems, are inherently acts of self-determination and as such, provide insight into how Indigenous nations can move beyond the Indian Act. Master Thesis First Nations PRISM - University of Calgary Digital Repository Indian |
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This is a study and analysis of Indigenous membership and belonging. Specifically, this thesis takes up the historical and contemporary harms of colonialism and the Indian Act (1876) have had on First Nations band membership codes and Indigenous practices of determining belonging. The central task of this study is to determine how Indigenous nations can determine membership and belonging beyond colonial confines. I draw on literature on Indigenous nationhood and peoplehood to develop a framework that outlines pathways for belonging that are embedded within networks of kinship and relationality, rather than the arbitrary boundaries of colonial legislation. Throughout the thesis, I argue that Indigenous custom adoptions, in the way they occur within Indigenous legal, political, and kinship systems, are inherently acts of self-determination and as such, provide insight into how Indigenous nations can move beyond the Indian Act. |
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Wilson, A. (2022). Re-Membering Our Nations: Indigenous Custom Adoption and Determining Belonging Beyond the Indian Act (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. http://hdl.handle.net/1880/114941 https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/39987 |
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University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. |
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