Mino-Mnaamodzawin: Achieving Indigenous Environmental Justice in Canada
This article explores the potential for advancing environmental justice (EJ) theory and practice through engaging with Indigenous intellectual traditions. When EJ is grounded in Indigenous epistemological and ontological foundations, a distinct EJ framework emerges, leading to a deeper understanding...
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ftyorkunivohls:oai:digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca:scholarly_works-3905 2023-05-15T13:28:58+02:00 Mino-Mnaamodzawin: Achieving Indigenous Environmental Justice in Canada McGregor, Deborah 2018-09-01T07:00:00Z https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/scholarly_works/2905 https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/environment-and-society/9/1/ares090102.xml unknown Osgoode Digital Commons https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/scholarly_works/2905 https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/environment-and-society/9/1/ares090102.xml Articles & Book Chapters environment Indigenous environmental justice Indigenous knowledge sustainability truth and reconciliation Environmental Law Indigenous Indian and Aboriginal Law Law text 2018 ftyorkunivohls 2022-11-20T00:01:46Z This article explores the potential for advancing environmental justice (EJ) theory and practice through engaging with Indigenous intellectual traditions. When EJ is grounded in Indigenous epistemological and ontological foundations, a distinct EJ framework emerges, leading to a deeper understanding of Indigenous EJ and to a renewed vision for achieving it. I highlight the emergence of the Anishinaabe philosophy referred to as mino-mnaamodzawin (“living well” or “the good life”), common to several Indigenous epistemologies, that considers the critical importance of mutually respectful and beneficial relationships among not only peoples but all our relations (including all living things and many entities not considered by Western society as living, such as water and Earth itself). Mino-mnaamodzawin is suggested as a foundational contributor to a new ethical standard of conduct that will be required if society is to begin engaging in appropriate relationships with all of Creation, thereby establishing a sustainable and just world. Text anishina* York University Toronto, Osgoode Hall Law School: Osgoode Digital Commons Canada Indian |
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This article explores the potential for advancing environmental justice (EJ) theory and practice through engaging with Indigenous intellectual traditions. When EJ is grounded in Indigenous epistemological and ontological foundations, a distinct EJ framework emerges, leading to a deeper understanding of Indigenous EJ and to a renewed vision for achieving it. I highlight the emergence of the Anishinaabe philosophy referred to as mino-mnaamodzawin (“living well” or “the good life”), common to several Indigenous epistemologies, that considers the critical importance of mutually respectful and beneficial relationships among not only peoples but all our relations (including all living things and many entities not considered by Western society as living, such as water and Earth itself). Mino-mnaamodzawin is suggested as a foundational contributor to a new ethical standard of conduct that will be required if society is to begin engaging in appropriate relationships with all of Creation, thereby establishing a sustainable and just world. |
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