Abstract
Indigeneity is an inherently political concept that is commonly culturally configured and connected to demands for social and environmental justice (Cameron et al. 2009, 2014). For many people who identify themselves, their families, communities, and ways of being as Indigenous, Indigeneity merits capitalization. The capital “I” signifies recognition of continuities such as heritage, territorial dispossession, and environmental practice, as well as more emergent global movements and international laws recognizing rights and responsibilities. But the conceptual category of I/indigeneity arose out of colonialist practices of representation and repression based on racialized social hierarchies. So formulations of indigeneity (without the capital I) also operate: historically, contemporaneously, and often—but not always—beyond Indigenous aegis.
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Motta (2012) discusses the need for transgressing traditional subjectivities with critical pedagogies. See also the special issue of Canadian Geographer that is devoted to community-based participatory research involving Indigenous peoples in Canadian geography and introduced by Castleden et al. (2012).
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To learn more about Rich Hall see http://www.offthekerb.co.uk/rich-hall/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Hall. You can find Dallas Goldtooth on myspace, Twitter, and Facebook and you can enjoy the brilliant work of the 1491s here: https://www.youtube.com/user/the1491s.
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See http://www.isuma.tv/. On this website you can view and/or download the film Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner at http://www.isuma.tv/isuma-productions/atanarjuat-the-fast-runner. You can also access the website of Arnait Video Productions: http://www.isuma.tv/arnaitvideo. Additionally or alternatively students can read Michael Evan’s 2010 book The Fast Runner: Filming the Legend of Atanarjuat.
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See also http://www.ojodeaguacomunicacion.org/.
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The video Mujeres del mismo valor/Women of Equal Worth is available for viewing on channel Ojo de Agua Comunicación’s Vimeo site, specifically the channel features the group’s work in English. See http://vimeo.com/ojodeaguacomunicacion.
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To view Dulce convivencia/Sweet Gathering online see http://www.isuma.tv/mixe/sweet-gathering.
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The interview with Guillermo Monteforte is found here: https://www.isuma.tv/en/making-connections.
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