Indigenous Peoples’ Self-determination and Long-term Care : Sápmi and Nunavut
This paper examines long-term care for the elderly as a point of departure for critically engaging with the debate on the self-determination of Indigenous peoples. By employing the case of the Arctic Indigenous peoples, the Sámi Parliament (Sámediggi) in Norway and Government of Nunavut in Canada, a...
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ftunivhelsihelda:oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/233119 2024-09-09T19:26:09+00:00 Indigenous Peoples’ Self-determination and Long-term Care : Sápmi and Nunavut Gao, I-An CEREN (The Centre for Research on Ethnic Relations and Nationalism) Swedish School of Social Science Subunit 2018-03-01T13:41:01Z 40 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/233119 eng eng The University of Sydney Gao , I-A 2018 , ' Indigenous Peoples’ Self-determination and Long-term Care : Sápmi and Nunavut ' , Social Work and Policy Studies: Social Justice, Practice and Theory , vol. 1 , no. 1 , pp. 1-40 . < https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/SWPS/article/view/12415 > ORCID: /0000-0002-8242-8785/work/161723686 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/233119 5e06e2d7-4f1e-4dff-9690-be16f1c7153a 85045095335 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess openAccess Political science Social Work Indigenous Peoples Aging Long-Term Care Other articles publishedVersion 2018 ftunivhelsihelda 2024-06-18T14:26:52Z This paper examines long-term care for the elderly as a point of departure for critically engaging with the debate on the self-determination of Indigenous peoples. By employing the case of the Arctic Indigenous peoples, the Sámi Parliament (Sámediggi) in Norway and Government of Nunavut in Canada, are utilised as central cases from which to explore the institutionalization and self-determination. The thrust of the paper calls for a critical re-investigation of the contingency of long-term care for the elderly in the context of claims of Indigenous sovereignty. Specifically, I examine the landscape of population ageing and the organisation of care among the Sápmi and Nunavut populations, focusing on colonisation from a circumpolar perspective. The functions and practices of Sámediggi and Government of Nunavut are analysed to illustrate how self-determination is exercised and to what extent they safeguard the rights of elderly people. Sámediggi and Nunavut government as institutional arrangements that mark significant advancements in Indigenous peoples’ reclamation of power and restoration of sovereign rights are discussed. Unfortunately, the political functions that would allow self-determination and self-government to be effective continue to be limited for the Inuit in Nunavut and the Sámi in Sápmi on the Norwegian side. Peer reviewed Other/Unknown Material Arctic inuit Nunavut Sámi HELDA – University of Helsinki Open Repository Arctic Canada Norway Nunavut |
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This paper examines long-term care for the elderly as a point of departure for critically engaging with the debate on the self-determination of Indigenous peoples. By employing the case of the Arctic Indigenous peoples, the Sámi Parliament (Sámediggi) in Norway and Government of Nunavut in Canada, are utilised as central cases from which to explore the institutionalization and self-determination. The thrust of the paper calls for a critical re-investigation of the contingency of long-term care for the elderly in the context of claims of Indigenous sovereignty. Specifically, I examine the landscape of population ageing and the organisation of care among the Sápmi and Nunavut populations, focusing on colonisation from a circumpolar perspective. The functions and practices of Sámediggi and Government of Nunavut are analysed to illustrate how self-determination is exercised and to what extent they safeguard the rights of elderly people. Sámediggi and Nunavut government as institutional arrangements that mark significant advancements in Indigenous peoples’ reclamation of power and restoration of sovereign rights are discussed. Unfortunately, the political functions that would allow self-determination and self-government to be effective continue to be limited for the Inuit in Nunavut and the Sámi in Sápmi on the Norwegian side. Peer reviewed |
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Indigenous Peoples’ Self-determination and Long-term Care : Sápmi and Nunavut |
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Indigenous Peoples’ Self-determination and Long-term Care : Sápmi and Nunavut |
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Indigenous Peoples’ Self-determination and Long-term Care : Sápmi and Nunavut |
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Gao , I-A 2018 , ' Indigenous Peoples’ Self-determination and Long-term Care : Sápmi and Nunavut ' , Social Work and Policy Studies: Social Justice, Practice and Theory , vol. 1 , no. 1 , pp. 1-40 . < https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/SWPS/article/view/12415 > ORCID: /0000-0002-8242-8785/work/161723686 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/233119 5e06e2d7-4f1e-4dff-9690-be16f1c7153a 85045095335 |
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