Acting Indian

SPECIAL REPORT

Acting Indian

KEY QUESTIONS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Editor’s Introduction: The Hard Work of Belonging
Hayden King

Anishinaabe Encounters with Enfranchisement: Citizenship, Identity, and Colonial Law
Jackson Pind

Bill S-2 and the Indian Act: Relational Ethics of Care
Christina Gray (‘Aɬaxsgaaxsiɬ Gaax Aganɬaak) and Jade Dumoulin

Bill S-2: A Pathway to Relational Repair and Recovery
Gina Starblanket

Section 10 Voting Thresholds: A Distraction from Decolonizing Band Membership - Damien Lee “Marry Out, Get Out”: The Fait Accompli of Settler Logic in Indigenous Ancestry Verification Times - Vanessa Watts Beyond the Cage of Indian Status: Nation-Based Approaches to Belonging - Michaela M. McGuire

PART 02 | The Economy of Nuna and Sila

Hunting Education for an Economy of Food
by Janine Lightfoot and Hayden King

Return of the Full-Time Hunter
by Esa Qillaq

Navigating the Turbulent Waters of Fisheries Rights in Nunavut
by Jason Akeearok

Developing a Conservation Economy in the Canadian Arctic
by Richard Paton

PART 03 | The Economy of Arts, Crafts, & Care

Reflections on the Art and Craft Economy in Nunavut
by Barbara Akoak

Decolonial Art and Destructive Economies
by Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory and Kunuk Inutiq

Reflections on Meaningful Work: Working for a Community Organization
by Romani Makkik

CONCLUSION
Re-Imagining Economic Development in Inuit Nunangat by Kunuk Inutiq, Hayden King, & Shari Fox

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