scholarly journals Gambling with the Windigo: Theorizing Indigenous Casinos and Gambling in Canada

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-122
Author(s):  
Darrel Manitowabi
Keyword(s):  
Oral History ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Structural Violence ◽  
The Other ◽  
Indigenous Epistemology ◽  
Plural Form ◽  
Land Dispossession ◽  
Other Hand

The legacy of colonialism in Canada manifests through land dispossession, structural violence and assimilative policies. Casinos are an anomaly emerging in Canada, becoming major economic engines, generating capital for housing, education, health, and language and cultural rejuvenation programs. On the other hand, the literature on Indigenous casinos raises crucial questions about compromised sovereignty, addiction, and neocolonial economic and political entrapment. This article theorises Indigenous casinos as a modern expression of the windigo. In Algonquian oral history, the windigo is a mythic giant cannibal. The underlying meaning of the windigo is the consumption of Indigenous peoples leading to illness and death. One can become a windigo and consume others, and one must always be cautious of this possibility. I propose casinos and Indigenous-provincial gambling revenue agreements are modern-day windigook (plural form of windigo).  This framework provides an urgently needed new theorisation of casinos, grounded in Indigenous epistemology and ontology.

scholarly journals STATUS PEWARISAN TRANSEKSUAL DALAM PERSPEKTIF HUKUM WARIS ADAT MINANGKABAU

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-225
Author(s):  
Sonny Dewi Judiasih ◽  
Elycia Feronia Salim ◽  
Agitha Putri Andany Hidayat ◽  
Cynthia Kurniawan ◽  
Rifny Meirizka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
The Other ◽  
Religious Values ◽  
Hormonal Factors ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Norms And Values ◽  
The Times ◽  
Adat Law

Abstrak Seiring perkembangan zaman, dewasa ini terdapat orang yang berkeinginan mengubah jenis kelaminnya yang disebut sebagai transeksual. Faktor yang menyebabkan seseorang menjadi transeksual selain dari faktor hormonal dapat juga terjadi karena pengaruh faktor lingkungan. Dalam hal ini akan menimbulkan masalah dalam segala aspek hukum dan bidang kehidupan salah satunya terkait dengan pewarisan bagi transeksual. Di Indonesia, eksistensi hukum adat terutama dalam hal waris masih diakui. Masyarakat adat khususnya adat Minangkabau yang menjunjung tinggi nilai-nilai dan norma agama Islam tentunya menolak keberadaan transeksual di lingkungan mereka dan dengan ditolaknya keberadaan transeksual di Adat Minangkabau, transeksual tidak berhak dalam pewarisan dalam waris adat khususnya di Minangkabau. Tujuan dari penulisan ini adalah untuk mengetahui, menjelaskan dan menganalisis tentang pewarisan transeksual dalam Hukum Waris Adat Minangkabau. Kata Kunci : agama, hukum adat, hukum waris, transeksual Abstract Along with the times, there are people who wants to change their sex, which is called transsexual. Factor that cause a person to become transsexual aside from hormonal factors can also occur due to the influence of environmental factors. On the other hand returning to norms and religion is considered to violate the norms and values of custom and religion, in this case, it will cause problems in all aspects of law and life, one of which is related to inheritance for transsexual. In Indonesia, the existence of Adat Law esspecialy in heir matter still recognized. Indigenous peoples especially Adat Minangkabau, who uphold Islamic religious values and norms naturally reject the existence of transsexual in their environment. There fore, transsexual are not entitled to inhertitance in Adat Minangkau in inheritance. The purpose in this paper is to find out, explain, and analyze abput transsexual inhertitance in Minangkabau Adat Law. Keyword : adat law, inheritance adat law, religion, transsexual

IDEOLOGIA E TRADIÇÃO DOS USUáRIOS NA AMAZá”NIA COLONIAL

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (24) ◽  
pp. 247-265
Author(s):  
LUCAS ENDRIGO BRUNOZI AVELAR
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
The Other ◽  
Religious Ideology ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One

Resumo:  Neste texto procuramos indicar como os portadores de uma ideologia religiosa de origem medieval descreveram a embriaguez dos povos indá­genas na Amazônia do século 18. Privilegiamos o exame dos relatos contidos na obra  Tesouro Descoberto no Máximo Rio Amazonas,  do jesuá­ta português João Daniel. Procuramos apontar as contradições e aproximações estabelecidas entre, de um lado, uma colonização fundada na produção e comércio de drogas e na tradição alimentar católica assentada no vinho e no pão, e, de outro, uma ideologia do abuso elaborada para dar conta da tradição indá­gena de ingestão de bebidas e substá¢ncias extraá­das da floresta.Palavras-chave:  Amazônia Colonial. Embriaguez. Drogas. Missionários.IDEOLOGY AND TRADITION OF DRUG USERS IN THE COLONIAL AMAZONIA  Abstract:  In this text, we seek to indicate how the bearers of a religious ideology of medieval origin described the drunkenness of the indigenous peoples in the 18th century Amazon. We privileged the analysis of the accounts of the work ”Tesouro Descoberto no Máximo Rio Amazonas” by the Portuguese Jesuit, João Daniel. Highlighting the contradictions and approximations established between, on the one hand, a colonization based on the production and commerce of drugs and Catholic food tradition based on wine and bread, and on the other hand, an ideology of abuse elaborated to account for the indigenous tradition of drinks ingestion and substances extracted from the forest.Keywords:  Colonial Amazon. Drunkenness. Drugs. Missionaries.IDEOLOGáA Y TRADICIÓN DE LOS USUARIOS EN LA AMAZONIA COLONIAL  Resumen: En este texto buscamos señalar como los portadores de una ideologá­a religiosa de origen medieval describieron la embriaguez de los pueblos indá­genas en la Amazonia del siglo 18. Privilegiamos el examen de los relatos contenidos en la obra  Tesouro Descoberto no Máximo Rio Amazonas,  del jesuita portugués João Daniel. Apuntamos las contradicciones y aproximaciones establecidas entre, de un lado, una colonización fundada en la producción y comercio de drogas y en la tradición alimentar católica basada en el vino y en el pan, y, de otro, una ideologá­a del abuso elaborada para dar cuenta de la tradición indá­gena de ingestión de bebidas y sustancias extraá­das de la floresta.Palabras clave:  Amazonia Colonial. Embriaguez. Drogas. Misioneros.IDÉOLOGIE ET TRADITION DES USAGERS DANS L”™AMAZONIE COLONIALE  Résumé:  Dans ce texte, nous voulons étudier comment les missionnaires européens, porteurs d'une idéologie religieuse d'origine médiévale, ont décrit l'ivresse des peuples de l'Amazonie au XVIIIá¨me  siá¨cle. Nous y analysons en particulier les récits contenus dans l'Å“uvre  Tesouro Descoberto no Máximo Rio Amazonas  du jésuite portugais João Daniel. Nous y mettons en avant les tensions et les relations existant entre, d'une part, une entreprise de colonisation fondée sur la production et le commerce de drogues et sur la tradition alimentaire catholique dont la base était le pain et le vin et d”™autre part, une idéologie de l'abus élaborée pour rendre compte de la tradition indigá¨ne de consommation de boissons et de substances extraites de la forêt.Mots-clés: Amazonie Coloniale. Ivresse. Drogues. Missionnaires.

scholarly journals Legal Dualism and the Bipolar State

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 172-189
Author(s):  
Cecília MacDowell Santos
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Indigenous Rights ◽  
The State ◽  
International Norms ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Brazilian State ◽  
Multicultural Perspective

The Brazilian state has contradictory laws, policies and practices with regard to the rights of indigenous peoples. Despite the adoption of a democratic Brazilian constitution in 1988 that incorporated a multicultural conception of indigenous rights and the subsequent ratification of new international norms of human rights for indigenous peoples, the practices of the courts and of the various sectors of the state reflect a legal cultural dualism and a “bipolar” state. The case of the Xucuru people sent to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights shows the conflicts between legal and political cultures characterized, on one hand, by an individualistic and colonial approach to indigenous civil rights and, on the other hand, a collectivist and multicultural perspective on the human rights of indigenous peoples.O Estado brasileiro possui leis, políticas e práticas contraditórias em relação aos direi-tos indígenas. Apesar da nova constituição democrática de 1988 ter incorporado uma concepção multicultural dos direitos indígenas e de o Estado ter ratificado normas internacionais de direitos humanos dos povos indígenas, as práticas dos tribunais e de vários setores do Estado refletem uma situação de dualismo da cultura jurídica e um Estado “bipolar.” O caso do povo Xucuru encaminhado à Comissão Interamericana de Direitos Humanos demonstra os conflitos entre culturas jurídicas e políticas caracterizadas, de um lado, por uma abordagem individualista e colonial dos direitos civis dos indígenas, e, de outro lado, por uma perspectiva coletivista e multicultural dos direitos humanos dos povos indígenas.

Minorities and Indigenous Peoples

2018 ◽  
pp. 618-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maivân Clech Lâm
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
The Other ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Cultural Survival ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Historical Antecedents

This chapter compares and contrasts the separate UN regimes of rights for minorities and for indigenous peoples: their historical antecedents; the conditions and actors behind the emergence of the present regimes; their foundational texts and enabling mechanisms; their common as well as divergent goals. The chapter highlights minorities’ pursuit of equality and non-discrimination. Indigenous peoples, on the other hand, use the normative tool of self-determination, which they hope will help them maintain or regain their traditional lands, territories, and resources that have sustained their physical and cultural survival but are endangered by globalization. The two sets of goals, while appreciably different, are not mutually exclusive; both assert the rights to be equal to and different or separate from dominant populations.

Skulls and Scientific Collecting in the Victorian Military: Keeping the Enemy Dead in British Frontier Warfare

2008 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 285-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon J. Harrison
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Military Culture ◽  
The Other ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Other Hand

As a result of colonial wars with indigenous peoples, especially in Africa and North America, a distinction seems to have arisen in Western military culture between ‘civilized’ and ‘savage’ enemies. The behavior of civilized enemies in battle appeared rational and constrained by rules. Savage enemies, on the other hand, evinced emotional and unregulated violence. Above all, they were distinguished by an excessive brutality they seemed to display towards their enemies in customs such as cannibalism and the taking of body parts as trophies (see, for example, Marks 1970: 246). In short, the differences between civilized people and savages in warfare were especially evident in their behavior toward enemy dead.

Rich cousins, poor cousins: hidden stratification among the Omani Arabs in Eastern Africa

Africa ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colette Le Cour Grandmaison
Keyword(s):  
Oral History ◽  
East Africa ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
The Other ◽  
Eastern Africa ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Inferior Status ◽  
Village Communities ◽  
Opening Paragraph

Opening ParagraphAmong the Arab tribes of Oman the only acknowledged nobility is that reckoned by tribal ancestry (asl), affirmed by genealogies and oral history, and known by all. This goes not only for the Sultanate of Oman, but also for Omani tribes which have settled in East Africa. One is either a noble or a member of a group of inferior status, that is, the clients (mawâlî) who comprise the labour force in village communities. Slaves ('abid) by definition have no status. This society is thus socially divided between tribal organisations and client groups. On the other hand, within the tribe itself clans or sections appear to be equal or egalitarian, by law and in reality.

Minorities And Indigenous Peoples

2008 ◽  
pp. 524-538
Author(s):  
Maivân Clech Lâm
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
The Other ◽  
International Human Rights Law ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Clear Delineation ◽  
International Human

This article provides a clear delineation of the nature of the two budding regimes of international human rights law that respond to both collective and personal vulnerabilities. It determines that UN efforts have aimed to ensure that minorities are protected and can even participate in the dominant societies in which they live. The cultures of indigenous peoples, on the other hand, need protection from the societies around them. The article shows that globalization has threatened the existence of indigenous peoples and made it possible for other people to be aware of their troubles.

scholarly journals [ARTIGO TRADUZIDO] IDEOLOGY AND TRADITION OF DRUG USERS IN THE COLONIAL AMAZONIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (24) ◽  
Author(s):  
LUCAS ENDRIGO BRUNOZI AVELAR
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
The Other ◽  
Religious Ideology ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One

Abstract: In this text, we seek to indicate how the bearers of a religious ideology of medieval origin described the drunkenness of the indigenous peoples in the 18th century Amazon. We privileged the analysis of the accounts of the work ”Tesouro Descoberto no Máximo Rio Amazonas” by the Portuguese Jesuit, João Daniel. Highlighting the contradictions and approximations established between, on the one hand, a colonization based on the production and commerce of drugs and Catholic food tradition based on wine and bread, and on the other hand, an ideology of abuse elaborated to account for the indigenous tradition of drinks ingestion and substances extracted from the forest.  Keywords: Colonial Amazon. Drunkenness. Drugs. Missionaries.

scholarly journals Rediscovering past narrations: The oral history of the Romanian language preserved in the National Phonogram Archive

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-60
Author(s):  
Oana Niculescu ◽  
Maria Marin ◽  
Daniela Răuţu
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Oral History ◽  
The Other ◽  
Collective Memories ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
History Of ◽  
The One ◽  
Gain Access

In this paper we aim to deliver a key message related to the safeguarding of the Romanian National Phonogram Archive (AFLR). The data gathered within the Archive (the richest, most inclusive and diversified collection of dialectal texts and ethno-linguistic recordings in Romania) are of immeasurable documentary value. Through the digitization and preservation of AFLR we can gain access to both individual and collective memories, aiding to a better understanding of our cultural heritage on the one hand, and, on the other hand, restoring missing or forgotten pieces of Europe’s oral history.

scholarly journals Singing For Frog Plain

Ethnologies ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monique Giroux
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
The Other ◽  
Canadian Identity ◽  
West Central ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

Pierre Falcon is the earliest known Metis composer. Born in 1793 in Fort La Coude (Elbow Fort) in what is now west-central Manitoba, his adult life spanned the “Golden Years” (Shore 2001) of the western Metis nation. Known as the Bard of the Prairies, Falcon’s songs drew on events of local importance during this period, providing a means to remember and share Metis history, and to solidify a sense of Metis nationalism. Beginning in the late-1800s historians, novelists, folklorists, journalists, and musicians began turning their attention to Falcon, resulting in a strikingly large number of popular and academic references to his life and songs. While these references are varied, together they tell a story about the relationship between Canada and the Metis Nation. On the one hand, references to Falcon often draw from, and in fact help create, images of the Imaginary Indian (Francis 1992). Yet on the other hand, many references to Falcon erase his Indigeneity, or blend his Metis identity seamlessly into a Franco-Manitoban, or western Canadian identity. These seemingly contradictory representations, as I will argue in this paper, ultimately point to the ambiguous positioning of Metis people as Indigenous peoples, and speak to an obsession with mixed-ness that denies the Metis their full and authentic Indigeneity.

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