Indigenous Reconciliation and Decolonization

Ranjan Datta is Canada Research Chair-II at the Department of Humanities at Mount Royal University, Calgary, Canada.

1. Introduction Ranjan Datta. Part One: Meanings of Reconciliation. 2. Reconciliation as Decolonizing Ceremony Ranjan Datta. 3. Turtle Island to Babylon Ahmad Majid. 4. This Reconciliation is for the Colonizer Andrea Landry. 5. Language and Reconciliation: An Indigenous Woman’s Perspective Edie Venne. 6. The Trapline: A Pathway of Indigenous Land-based Reconciliation Colleen Charles. Part Two: Responsibilities for Land and Reconciliation. 7. Reconciliation through Kits and Tests? Reconsidering Newcomer Responsibilities on Indigenous Land Nisha Toomey, Yi Chien Jade Ho, Deanna Del Vecchio with Eve Tuck. 8. Theorizing Land, Responsibility and Reconciliation through Black Women standpoint Njoki Wane and Hermia Anthony. 9. Reconciliation as Rationalization of State Violence: Activist Performance as Resistance to TRC politics in Chile and Canada Manuela Valle-Castro. 10. Embracing reconciliation in the face of adversity: An intersectional perspective on land, immigration, and anti-racist learning Jada Renee Koushik and Naomi Mumbi Maina-Okori. 11. Indigenous and Newcomer Women in Journeys of Reconciliation: Building Relationships and Learning from One Another Judy White. 12. Building Bridges among Indigenous and Immigrant Communities: A Visible Minority Immigrant Woman’s Journey Jebunnessa Chapola. 13. Humanizing Community-engaged Participatory Research through Relational Practice Carolyn M. Gaspar and Clifford T. Ballantyne. 14. Reflecting on the Privilege of the Canadian Treaties Margot A. Hurlbert. Part Three: How to Move Forward. 15. Conclusion: Reconciliation as Taking Responsibilities.