Straddling Boundaries, Rebuilding Relations
Queer Indigenous Governance in Blackfoot Territory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21665680 |
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| Authors | Ryan Crosschild (University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Pages | 27-51 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | TOPIA Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1206-0143 • E-ISSN: 1916-0194 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/topia-2024-0038 |
| OpenAlex | W4411445816 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 18 |
This article examines the relationship between queerness and Indigeneity within Niitsítapi (Blackfoot) territory, centering the experiences of Niitsitapi women and 2SLGBTQI+ members engaged in queering approaches to gender justice. Employing a queer method of boundary straddling, it explores how these actors navigate and unsettle normative frameworks embedded in Niitsítapi governance, kinship, and spirituality. As the Niitsítapi continue to revitalize Kana’kaaatsiiks (sacred societies), repatriate amopístaanistsi (sacred bundles), and uphold Aakokatssin (Sundance), emerging gender justice movements confront the entangled forces of colonialism and heteropatriarchy within Niitsítapi resurgence politics. This research foregrounds the tensions and transformative possibilities at the intersection of queerness, Indigenous nationhood, and normativity, offering a critical intervention into ongoing conversations on decolonization, gender, and Indigenous self-determination
Colonialism · Economic Justice · Indigenous · Kinship · Political science · Politics · Queer · Sociology · Spirituality · Transformative learning · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Law · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
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Complex Accountabilities
Naming and Claiming
Miskâsowin
Indigenous Studies Beside Itself
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Everyday Decolonization
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The Sun Came down
Spaces between Us
As We Have Always Done
| Highly cited | No |
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