Brenda Macdougall
Biographic Data
| ID | 3736304 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brenda Macdougall |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brenda |
| FAMILY NAME | Macdougall |
| SIGNATURE | MACDOUGALL B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ottawa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
This is an Indigenous city; why don't we see it?” Indigenous urbanism and spatial production in Winnipeg
This paper examines indigeneity and spatial production in the city of Winnipeg, home to the largest urban Indigenous population in Canada. Using data from semi‐structured interviews with Indigenous inhabitants, municipal officials, and Indigenous leaders, this paper argues that the right to the city and to difference are deradicalized for urban Indigenous communities. Indigenous engagement in processes of everyday urbanism occurs through broadly …
Space and Place within Aboriginal Epistemological Traditions
By looking at how space and place can be used to shape Indigenous history based on Aboriginal ways of knowing, we can begin to explore how Indigenous philosophical and religious traditions have shaped their cultural, political, and economic traditions and rationalized their sense of land, property, and rights. New scholarship by Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal scholars is pursuing this new and dynamic inquiry. In recent years, a number of cutting-e…
The Power of Legal and Historical Fiction(s)
It’s been several months since the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) rendered its judgment in Daniels v. Canada (2016), affirming that the term “Indian” in s. 91(24) of the Constitution Act (1867) includes Métis and Non-Status Indians. There is a general hope that the decision marks a turning point for Métis and Non-Status Indians within Canada’s colonial structures. I’m not certain this optimism is justified. The judgment was reached based on the ty…
Speaking of Metis
Kinship studies are the hallmark of anthropological research into Native American societies, while genealogical reconstruction is common in historical studies of the Metis. The study of kinship has a twofold outcome. It reveals the worldview of various indigenous societies as evidenced by their construction of family and other relationships. But it also serves as a means to document their differences, culturally and socially, from mainstream Nort…
One of the Family
“The bond that connected one human being to another”
This is an Indigenous city; why don't we see it?” Indigenous urbanism and spatial production in Winnipeg
This paper examines indigeneity and spatial production in the city of Winnipeg, home to the largest urban Indigenous population in Canada. Using data from semi‐structured interviews with Indigenous inhabitants, municipal officials, and Indigenous leaders, this paper argues that the right to the city and to difference are deradicalized for urban Indigenous communities. Indigenous engagement in processes of everyday urbanism occurs through broadly …
Speaking of Metis
Kinship studies are the hallmark of anthropological research into Native American societies, while genealogical reconstruction is common in historical studies of the Metis. The study of kinship has a twofold outcome. It reveals the worldview of various indigenous societies as evidenced by their construction of family and other relationships. But it also serves as a means to document their differences, culturally and socially, from mainstream Nort…
One of the Family
“The bond that connected one human being to another”
Speaking of Metis
Kinship studies are the hallmark of anthropological research into Native American societies, while genealogical reconstruction is common in historical studies of the Metis. The study of kinship has a twofold outcome. It reveals the worldview of various indigenous societies as evidenced by their construction of family and other relationships. But it also serves as a means to document their differences, culturally and socially, from mainstream Nort…
The Power of Legal and Historical Fiction(s)
It’s been several months since the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) rendered its judgment in Daniels v. Canada (2016), affirming that the term “Indian” in s. 91(24) of the Constitution Act (1867) includes Métis and Non-Status Indians. There is a general hope that the decision marks a turning point for Métis and Non-Status Indians within Canada’s colonial structures. I’m not certain this optimism is justified. The judgment was reached based on the ty…
Space and Place within Aboriginal Epistemological Traditions
By looking at how space and place can be used to shape Indigenous history based on Aboriginal ways of knowing, we can begin to explore how Indigenous philosophical and religious traditions have shaped their cultural, political, and economic traditions and rationalized their sense of land, property, and rights. New scholarship by Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal scholars is pursuing this new and dynamic inquiry. In recent years, a number of cutting-e…
This is an Indigenous city; why don't we see it?” Indigenous urbanism and spatial production in Winnipeg
This paper examines indigeneity and spatial production in the city of Winnipeg, home to the largest urban Indigenous population in Canada. Using data from semi‐structured interviews with Indigenous inhabitants, municipal officials, and Indigenous leaders, this paper argues that the right to the city and to difference are deradicalized for urban Indigenous communities. Indigenous engagement in processes of everyday urbanism occurs through broadly …
Canadian Identity and History (4 works) · Indigenous (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Colonialism (3 works) · History (3 works) · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Business (2 works)