Apologies to Indigenous Peoples in Comparative Perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID2963343
AuthorsMichael Tager (Marietta College, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume5
Issue4
Publication date2014-09-29
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.2014.5.4.7
OpenAlexW43360198
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited12

Australia, Canada, and the United States formally apologized to their Indigenous peoples in February 2008, June 2008, and December 2009, respectively. The Indigenous peoples in these countries are relatively small in size and Indigenous issues usually lack salience in national elections, so these near simultaneous apologies appear somewhat surprising. All three came after years of pressure and incompletely realized apologies. The presence of a focusing event and the level of Indigenous mobilization help explain the variation among the apologies, with Canada and Australia's apologies stronger than the U.S. one. However, the impact of the apologies on the three governments' efforts to reconcile with their Indigenous populations remains unclear

Biology · Indigenous · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Forgiveness and Related Behaviors · Ombudsman and Human Rights · Psychology · Ecology

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