Tracing the terrain of Indigenous food sovereignties
Abstract
Food sovereignty scholars are increasingly re-conceptualizing sovereignty by accounting for its diverse expressions across space according to specific histories, identities, and local socio-ecological realities and dynamics. In grappling with the multiple bases of sovereignty, attention has been directed toward Indigenous food sovereignty in North America. Specifically, food scholars are examining how the regeneration of Indigenous food harvesting and sharing practices shapes movements for decolonization and self-determination. While this is a crucial and much-welcomed intervention, much more is needed to understand the diverse Indigenous political and legal orders and authorities that shape how multiple Indigenous food sovereignties are lived every day across diverse landscapes. In this contribution, I examine how Anishinaabe people in and beyond the Treaty 3 territory in Ontario, Canada, protect and renew their food harvesting grounds, waters and foodways through everyday acts of resurgence that are rooted in their law of mino bimaadiziwin.
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- Authors
- Daigle, M.
- Corresponding author
- Daigle, Michelle
- ORCID
- Daigle, Michelle
- Venue
- The Journal of Peasant Studies
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2017-07-18
- Volume
- 46
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 297-315
- ISSN
- 0306-6150 (ISSN-L)
- 1743-9361
- OpenAlex
- W2736374074
- Semantic Scholar
- 9151d4fd59af0f84f913b6dc0a4801b057b65a7a
- Cited by
- 137
- References
- 34
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- FWCI
- 16.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journal of Peasant Studies (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Social Sciences › Health › Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Social Sciences › Law › Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Law
- Keywords
- Indigenous food sovereignty, Anishinaabe, indigenous law, foodways, decolonization, resurgence, Indigenous self-determination
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