Introduction : Indigenous studies : research, identity and resistance / Brendan Hokowhitu -- Identity -- ch. 1. Mixed ancestory or Métis? / Chris Andersen -- ch. 2. 'My poetry is a fire' / Alice Te Punga Somerville -- ch. 3. Culture : compromise or perish! / Poia Rewi -- h. 4. Piko ka-sôhki-nitohtaman ka-nisitohtaman nêhiyawêwin = You must llisten very hard to understand the Cree language / Naomi McIlwraith -- ch. 5. Resisting language death : a personal exploration / Hana O'Regan -- ch. 6. Towards a model for indigenous research / Jim Williams -- ch. 7. Rediscovering the hidden heritage from ancient Mangaia / Michael P.J. Reilly -- Resistance -- ch. 8. Indigenous political representation and comparative research / Janine Hayward -- ch. 9. Urban indigenous governance practices / Shalene Jobin Vandervelde -- ch. 10. The nationalist gaze of an aboriginal artist / Nathalie Kermoal -- ch. 11. The fiction of post-colonial Pacific writers / Sina Vaai -- ch. 12. Neoliberalism, racialised gender and indigeneity / Isabel Altamirano-Jiménez -- ch. 13. A genealogy of indigenous resistance / Brendan Hokowhitu -- Notes -- Glossary of Māori words
Summary
Brings together the work of scholars working in Canada, New Zealand and the Pacific in an exploration of the multifaceted nature of indigenous studies and the concept of indigenous studies as an academic discipline
Notes
Papers originally presented at a colloquium hosted by Te Tumu School of Mäori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies Studies at the University of Otago, Dunedin in 2006 and at a colloquium hosted by the Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada in 2007
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-248)
