Are We Seeking Pimatisiwin or Creating Pomewin? Implications for Water Policy

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ID18988666
AuthorsPatti Laboucane-Benson (corresponding author), Ginger Gibson, Allen Benson, Greg Miller (0000-0002-3144-8233), G L Miller
Year2012
Volume3
Issue3
Publication date2012-10-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Indigenous Policy Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1916-5781 • E-ISSN: 1916-5781
PublisherUniversity of Western Ontario, Western Libraries (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.18584/iipj.2012.3.3.10
OpenAlexW2116722081
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited6

The purpose of this discussion is to describe the worldview and sacred relationship of the Cree people in Alberta, as well as how colonial policy has created despair (pomewin) in Aboriginal communities and a state of disconnectedness from the water. It concludes with the presentation of a framework for the development of policies that seek to repair the relationship between Aboriginal people and mainstream society – with the potential to create the good life, broadly defined (pimatisiwin) for all Albertans (Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal). This discussion is based upon the findings of a three-year research project entitled “The Sacred Relationship”. The goals of the project were three-fold: to describe the Aboriginal People of Alberta’s sacred relationship with water, to articulate the Indigenous science practices of Aboriginal people, and to find common ground between Western and Indigenous science

Colonialism · Common ground · Environmental ethics · Indigenous · Mainstream · Political science · Sociology · Traditional knowledge · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Law · Ecology

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