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Indigenous Resources for Social Work: Resources from CPSA Reconciliation Syllabus

Note: The resources from this list are collected from CPSA Reconciliation Committee "Indigenous Content Syllabus Materials A Resource for Political Science Instructors in Canada". 

Major Works

Major Works (paradigm-setting works on Indigenous politics in “Canada,” by Indigenous authors)  

Borrows, John. Canada’s Indigenous Constitution. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010. https://search.lib.umanitoba.ca/permalink/01UMB_INST/1p55dqn/alma99126175080001651  

Borrows, John. Drawing out Law : A Spirit’s Guide. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010. https://search.lib.umanitoba.ca/permalink/01UMB_INST/1p55dqn/alma99124949000001651  

Cardinal, Harold. The Unjust Society: The Tragedy of Canada’s Indians. Edmonton: Hurtig Ltd., 1969. https://search.lib.umanitoba.ca/permalink/01UMB_INST/1p55dqn/alma99128925380001651  

Coulthard, Glen Sean. Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2014. https://search.lib.umanitoba.ca/permalink/01UMB_INST/k6qbb2/cdi_proquest_ebookcentral_EBC1793913  

King, Thomas. The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America. Toronto: Anchor Canada, 2012. https://search.lib.umanitoba.ca/permalink/01UMB_INST/1p55dqn/alma99122554010001651  

Kuokkanen, Rauna. Restructuring Relations: Indigenous Self-Determination, Governance, and Gender. Oxford Scholarship Online. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2019. https://search.lib.umanitoba.ca/permalink/01UMB_INST/k6qbb2/cdi_askewsholts_vlebooks_9780190913298  

Manuel, George, and Michael Posluns. The Fourth World: An Indian Reality. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2019. https://search.lib.umanitoba.ca/permalink/01UMB_INST/8b5fi9/alma99150230561401651  

Simpson, Audra. Mohawk Interrupts: Political Life Across the Borders of Settler States. Durham: Duke University Press, 2014. https://search.lib.umanitoba.ca/permalink/01UMB_INST/k6qbb2/cdi_askewsholts_vlebooks_9780822376781  

Simpson, Leanne Betasamosake. As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance. University of Minnesota Press. 2017. https://search.lib.umanitoba.ca/permalink/01UMB_INST/k6qbb2/cdi_proquest_ebookcentral_EBC5047206  

Turner, Dale A. This Is Not a Peace Pipe : Towards a Critical Indigenous Philosophy. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006. https://search.lib.umanitoba.ca/permalink/01UMB_INST/1p55dqn/alma99136068920001651  

Major Edited Volumes  

Adese, Jennifer, and Chris Anderson eds. A People and a Nation: New Directions in Contemporary Métis Studies. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2021. https://search.lib.umanitoba.ca/permalink/01UMB_INST/k6qbb2/cdi_proquest_ebookcentral_EBC6477034  

Asch, Michael, John Borrows, and James Tully, eds. Resurgence and Reconciliation: IndigenousSettler Relations and Earth Teachings. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2018. https://search.lib.umanitoba.ca/permalink/01UMB_INST/1p55dqn/alma99149453728901651  

Coyle, Michael, and John Borrows, eds. The Right Relationship: Reimagining the Implementation of Historical Treaties. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2017. https://search.lib.umanitoba.ca/permalink/01UMB_INST/k6qbb2/cdi_askewsholts_vlebooks_9781442630222  

Green, Joyce A. Making Space for Indigenous Feminism, 2nd edition. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing, 2017. https://search.lib.umanitoba.ca/permalink/01UMB_INST/1p55dqn/alma99149231113601651  

Green, Joyce A. Indivisible: Indigenous Human Rights. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing, 2014. https://search.lib.umanitoba.ca/permalink/01UMB_INST/1p55dqn/alma99148845322001651  

Ladner, Kiera L., and Leanne. Simpson, eds. This Is an Honour Song : Twenty Years since the Blockades, an Anthology of Writings on the “Oka Crisis.” Winnipeg: Arbeiter Ring Pub., 2010. https://search.lib.umanitoba.ca/permalink/01UMB_INST/1p55dqn/alma99124312290001651 

Simpson, Leanne, ed. Lighting the Eighth Fire: The Liberation, Resurgence, and Protection of Indigenous Nations. Winnipeg: ARP Books, 2008. https://search.lib.umanitoba.ca/permalink/01UMB_INST/1p55dqn/alma99124674640001651  

Starblanket, Gina and David Long. Visions of the Heart: Issues Involving Indigenous People in Canada, 5th Edition. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2019. https://search.lib.umanitoba.ca/permalink/01UMB_INST/1p55dqn/alma99149116834001651  

Tait, Myra, and Kiera Ladner, eds. Surviving Canada: Indigenous Peoples Celebrate 150 Years of Betrayal. Winnipeg: Arbeiter Ring Publishing, 2017. https://search.lib.umanitoba.ca/permalink/01UMB_INST/1p55dqn/alma99151042328701651  

Timpson, Annis May, ed. First Nations, First Thoughts: The Impact of Indigenous Thought in Canada. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2010. https://search.lib.umanitoba.ca/permalink/01UMB_INST/k6qbb2/cdi_proquest_ebookcentral_EBC3412637  

Woolford, Andrew John, Jeff Benvenuto, and Alexander Laban Hinton. Colonial Genocide in Indigenous North America. Durham: Duke University Press, 2014. https://search.lib.umanitoba.ca/permalink/01UMB_INST/1p55dqn/alma99148843811301651