World Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the Canadian Context: A Study of Conservative Government Rhetoric and Resistance

2021 ◽

pp. 1-20

Author(s):

Aroline E. Seibert Hanson

Keyword(s):

Resource Allocation ◽

Costa Rica ◽

Indigenous Peoples ◽

Field Research ◽

Costa Rican ◽

Indigenous Languages ◽

Language Status ◽

Grave Danger ◽

Government Rhetoric

Beginning with the conquest and colonization of the land that now comprises Costa Rica, the Indigenous peoples and their cultures have suffered great losses. One of the greatest losses is to their languages. One language in particularly grave danger is Brunca. While Indigenous languages are being acknowledged worldwide and within Costa Rica, the Costa Rican government has not provided the necessary resources to maintain them. This chapter incorporates recent field research on Brunca's language vitality into a discussion on the disconnect between government rhetoric and the actual linguistic situation of Brunca.

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21. Decolonizing and Indigenizing Discourses in a Canadian Context

Discourses We Live By ◽

10.11647/obp.0203.21 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 465-484

Author(s):

Adrienne S. Chan

Keyword(s):

Indigenous Peoples ◽

Cultural Awareness ◽

Canadian Context ◽

Collaborative Ventures

Adrienne S. Chan describes her role, when working in Canada, to embed decolonized perspectives and better include indigenous peoples within community. The funded study uses collaborative ventures to facilitate greater awareness of assumptions and difference and promote greater cultural awareness between groups and within institutions.

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Chile’s Constitutional Moment

Current History ◽

10.1525/curh.2021.120.823.43 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 120 (823) ◽

pp. 43-49

Author(s):

Jennifer M. Piscopo ◽

Peter M. Siavelis

Keyword(s):

Indigenous Peoples ◽

Economic Inequality ◽

Economic Systems ◽

Men And Women ◽

Conservative Government ◽

The Poor ◽

Pinochet Dictatorship

In an October 2020 referendum, nearly 80 percent of Chileans voted to start a process to write a new constitution. A special assembly with equal representation of men and women will now attempt to replace the 1980 dictatorship-era constitution. Getting to this point was a major win for workers, students, leftists, feminists, Indigenous peoples, and the poor, all of whom were involved in leading 2019’s widespread protests over social and economic inequality. The demonstrations forced the conservative government to make the concession of holding the referendum. Chile now embarks on the fraught process of writing a new constitution that must satisfy diverse stakeholders while reforming political and economic systems that have preserved the legacy of the Pinochet dictatorship.

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Northern Environmental Justice: A Case Study of Place, Indigenous Peoples, and Industrial Development in Northeastern British Columbia, Canada

Case Studies in the Environment ◽

10.1525/cse.2017.sc.454154 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 1-19

Author(s):

Annie L. Booth

Keyword(s):

British Columbia ◽

Environmental Justice ◽

Indigenous Peoples ◽

Industrial Development ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Oil And Gas Development ◽

Indigenous Nations ◽

Canadian Context ◽

Indigenous Sovereignty

This case study introduces the concepts of place-based and Indigenous environmental justice as well as the theory of Indigenous sovereignty, as articulated within a Canadian context and considers their application with respect to the Indigenous peoples with traditional territories within the borders of Canada. The specific legal and industrial contexts affecting Indigenous peoples in Canada are briefly examined to frame two cases of environmental justice issues in the northeastern corner of British Columbia. The two cases are oil and gas development and the proposed development of a new dam which will represent the largest industrial development in Canada in the last several decades. The perspectives of British Columbia Treaty 8 Indigenous Nations on the impacts of these industrial developments are presented.

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