“Bella Bella Research Stories: Reflections on Being a Guest and Researcher in Heiltsuk Territory”
Abstract
This talk examines the ethics and protocols associated with a community-engaged research project by exploring Indigenous women’s activism in managing an environmental crisis. Using the Nathan E. Stewart oil spill as a case study, I illustrate how Indigenous women contribute to a First Nations’ claim to jurisdiction and authority over ancestral lands by creating a culture of legal rights and reparations in the context of the community's response to an environmental crisis. The lecture presents the specific ways in which Indigenous women express Indigenous rights through tribal values, judicial and literary forms, and community activism to highlight how these forms contribute to a foundation of Indigenous and human rights that reconfigure Indigenous sovereignty and jurisdiction in the modern era.
Locandina
Abstract
This talk examines the ethics and protocols associated with a community-engaged research project by exploring Indigenous women’s activism in managing an environmental crisis. Using the Nathan E. Stewart oil spill as a case study, I illustrate how Indigenous women contribute to a First Nations’ claim to jurisdiction and authority over ancestral lands by creating a culture of legal rights and reparations in the context of the community's response to an environmental crisis. The lecture presents the specific ways in which Indigenous women express Indigenous rights through tribal values, judicial and literary forms, and community activism to highlight how these forms contribute to a foundation of Indigenous and human rights that reconfigure Indigenous sovereignty and jurisdiction in the modern era.
Locandina