The Roles of Settler Canadians within Decolonization
Re-evaluating Invitation, Belonging and Rights
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6237983 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Deanne Aline Marie Leblanc (0000-0002-5340-6608, University of British Columbia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 356-373 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4239 • E-ISSN: 1744-9324 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0008423920001274 |
| OpenAlex | W3139221913 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 24 |
This article, grounded within the argument that liberal citizenship and recognition-based approaches to decolonization are inappropriate responses to Indigenous calls to decolonize, proposes an alternative approach premised on re-evaluating non-Indigenous understandings of invitation, belonging and rights within the Canadian settler state. I suggest that non-Indigenous peoples consider themselves “foreigners” in need of invitation onto Indigenous lands and that, ascolonial denizens, non-Indigenous Canadians take up an ethos that encourages them to re-evaluate their lives and relations with Indigenous peoples, Indigenous lands and the settler state. Such re-evaluations would encourage settlers to question the sovereignty of the state and their daily relations, as well as encourage them to place responsibilities to others above inwardly focused rights. I contend that identifying and acting upon such an ethos can provide a way through which non-Indigenous peoples can appropriately and seriously meet Indigenous peoples’ calls for change
Argument (complex analysis · Citizenship · Colonialism · Decolonization · Ethos · Human rights · Indigenous · Indigenous rights · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sovereignty · State (computer science · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Gender Studies · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law · Medicine · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies
Mi’kmaw and Settler Understandings of the Peace and Friendship Treaties
Canada’s Ontological Transition? Learning from Indigenous-Led Interactions with Truth and Reconciliation
Changing the Air
Recognition, Decolonization, and the Limitations of James Tully’s Public Philosophy
The Kids don’t want reconciliation, they want Land Back
Dispelling the Fantasy of Innocence
Problematizing Settler Grievances
Citizenship and Identity
Citizenship and Social Class
On Resurgence and Transformative Reconciliation
Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision
Domestic Colonies
Settler Colonialism
The Transit of Empire
Respect, Responsibility, and Renewal
The Winter We Danced. Voices from the Past, the Future, and the Idle No More Movement
Merging fires
Indigenous Research Methodologies
The precariat
The Founding and Function of Roman Colonies
The Lifeworlds of Law
Native Acts
Nodal Governance, Democracy, and the New ‘Denizens
Culture In Political Theory
We are all denizens now
Roman Colonization
Marked by Fire
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2.33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |