Colonialism

As Long As Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, From Colonization to Standing Rock

2025-06-20T17:09:50-04:00Categories: IPCAs and Indigenous-led Conservation, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , |

This book gives an overview of Indigenous resistance to the encroachment of government and private industry on their lands, and offers new approaches to environmental justice activism and policy.

Indigenous Peoples, National Parks, and Protected Areas: A New Paradigm Linking Conservation, Culture, and Rights

2023-08-03T15:00:39-04:00Categories: IPCAs and Indigenous-led Conservation, Resource|Tags: , , , |

This book makes the case for the paradigm shift in conservation - away from preserving the "pristine wilderness" and towards recognising Indigenous Peoples' conservation contributions and rights. A key section to read is Chapter 5 (pg. 133-150).

No surrender: the land remains indigenous

2024-03-06T10:25:09-05:00Categories: Governance and decision-making, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , |

This book explores Treaties One through Seven between the Canadian government and Indigenous nations in the Great Plains. The book challenges the idea that cultural misunderstandings led to the treaties and argues that the Canadian government deliberately misled Indigenous nations over governance, reserved lands, and resource sharing.

American environmentalism’s racist roots have shaped global thinking about conservation

2023-08-03T14:59:47-04:00Categories: Colonial conservation, Resource|Tags: , , , |

This article examines how American environmentalism has racist roots against Black and Indigenous people. It discusses how these ideas have spread globally, resulting in "protecting the pristine environment" rather than focusing on supporting the local communities that have been the most effective stewards.

Moving beyond colonial models: IPCAs offer hope for biodiversity and advancing reconciliation in the Canadian boreal forest

2023-08-05T07:54:44-04:00Categories: Relationships, Reconciliation, and Knowledge Systems, Resource|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

This short academic commentary describes the importance of Canada’s boreal forest, the history of colonial [...]

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