Assembling Unity : Indigenous Politics, Gender, and the Union of BC Indian Chiefs (Women and Indigenous Studies)

Nickel, Sarah A.

University of British Columbia Press（2019/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 236 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780774837996
• DDC分類 323.11970711

Full Description

Established narratives portray Indigenous unity as emerging solely in response to the political agenda of the settler state. But the concept of unity has long shaped the modern Indigenous political movement.

With Indigenous perspectives and frameworks in the foreground, Assembling Unity explores the relationship between global political ideologies and pan-Indigenous politics in British Columbia through the history of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC). Sarah Nickel demonstrates that while unity has been an enduring goal for BC Indigenous peoples, its expression was heavily negotiated between UBCIC members, grassroots constituents, and Indigenous women's organizations.

Nickel draws on oral interviews, newspaper articles, government documents, and UBCIC records to expose the uniquely gendered nature of political work, as well as the economic and emotional sacrifices that activists make. This incisive work unsettles dominant Western and patriarchal political ideals that cast Indigenous men as reactive and Indigenous women as invisible and apolitical.

Contents

Beginnings

Part 1: Pan-Indigenous Unity

1 Unity: "United we stand, divided we perish"

2 Authority: "Ordinary Indians" and "the private club"

3 Money: "A blessing and a golden noose"

Part 2: A Philosophical Revolution and Competing Nationalisms

4 Refusal: "Empty words and empty promises"

5 Protest: Direct Action through "Militant May"

6 Sovereignty: "If you really believe that you have the right, take it!"

Reflections

Appendix

Notes

Bibliography

Index