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Indigenous Conservation Practices Are Not a Monolith: Western cultural biases and a lack of engagement with Indigenous experts undermine studies of land stewardship

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Leonard, Kelsey, Aldern, Jared, Christianson, Amy, Ranco, Darren, Thornbrugh, Casey, Loring, Philip, Coughlan, Michael, Jones, Penelope +2 more·2020
DOI 10.32942/osf.io/jmvqy
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Commentary On: Oswald, W. W., Foster, D. R., Shuman, B. N., Chilton, E. S., Doucette, D. L., Duranleau, D. L. Conservation implications of limited Native American impacts in pre-contact New England. Nature Sustainability https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0466-0

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  • Integrating the exercising sovereignty framework as an analytical tool within sport sociology enables exploration of individual agency, collective action, sociocultural impacts, power dynamics, and systemic structures intersecting with sport.

    “By integrating the framework of exercising sovereignty, initially developed to understand Indigenous athlete responses during the pandemic (Leonard et al., 2020), we advocate for its adaptation as an analytical tool within sport sociology.This extension enables us to explore not only the individual agency and collective action of athletes but also to examine the sociocultural impacts, power dyn”

    From Indigenizing Sport Research: Analyzing Protective Factors of Exercising Sovereignty in North America (2023) · cites this paper as Leonard et al., 2020

    The Authors section (pp. 1–3) discusses Indigenous land stewardship, fire, and the need to engage Indigenous knowledge holders. Searches for “exercising sovereignty,” Indigenous athletes, sport sociology, and pandemic responses found no passage about the attributed framework or its proposed use in sport sociology. (LLM, conf=0.78)

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  • Indigenous Peoples have an inherent responsibility and right to exercising sovereignty through sport and physical activity as performance of cultural, political, and spiritual citizenship.

    “Indigenous Peoples have an inherent responsibility and right to “exercising” sovereignty-the practice of sport and physical activity in performance of our cultural, political, and spiritual citizenship.”

    From Indigenizing Sport Research: Analyzing Protective Factors of Exercising Sovereignty in North America (2023) · cites this paper as Leonard et al., 2020

    The Authors section (pp. 1, 3) discusses Indigenous land stewardship, the erasure of Tribal nations, and efforts to reclaim ancestral lands. Our copy does not address sport or physical activity as an exercise of sovereignty or as a performance of cultural, political, and spiritual citizenship (searched: sport, physical activity, exercising sovereignty, citizenship). (LLM, conf=0.76)

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  • There is currently an Indigenous resurgence through sport, where Indigenous Peoples and communities are creating spaces of athletic activism to exercise sovereignty.

    “There is currently an Indigenous resurgence through sport, where Indigenous Peoples and communities are creating spaces of athletic activism to “exercising” sovereignty-the practice of sport and physical activity in performance of our cultural, political, and spiritual citizenship (Ali-Joseph, 2018;Leonard et al., 2020).”

    From Indigenizing Sport Research: Analyzing Protective Factors of Exercising Sovereignty in North America (2023) · cites this paper as Leonard et al., 2020

    The Authors section (pp. 1–3) discusses Indigenous land stewardship, fire knowledge, and the erasure of Tribal nations. Searches for sport, athletic activism, and exercising sovereignty found no passage addressing resurgence through sport or physical activity. (LLM, conf=0.75)

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  • For Indigenous Peoples, sport and physical activity are inherently tied to histories, cultures, languages, and lands.

    “For Indigenous Peoples, sport and physical activity are inherently tied to these histories, cultures, languages, and lands (Leonard et al., 2020).”

    From Indigenizing Sport Research: Analyzing Protective Factors of Exercising Sovereignty in North America (2023) · cites this paper as Leonard et al., 2020

    The Authors section (pp. 1–3) connects Indigenous land stewardship with historical and cultural knowledge, but does not address sport or physical activity. Searches for sport, physical activity, recreation, games, and exercise found no passage establishing the claimed connection. (LLM, conf=0.78)

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  • Sport and physical activity have long provided a means for exercising sovereignty, both individually and collectively.

    “Sport and physical activity have long provided a means for “exercising” sovereignty, both individually and collectively (Leonard et al., 2020).”

    From Indigenizing Sport Research: Analyzing Protective Factors of Exercising Sovereignty in North America (2023) · cites this paper as Leonard et al., 2020

    The Authors section (pp. 1–3) discusses Indigenous land stewardship, fire practices, and the erasure of Tribal nations. Searches for sport, physical activity, and exercising sovereignty found no passage addressing their role in individual or collective sovereignty. (LLM, conf=0.75)

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Leonard, K., Aldern, J., Christianson, A., Ranco, D., Thornbrugh, C., Loring, P., Coughlan, M., Jones, P., Mancini, J., & May, D.
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California Digital Library (CDL)
Published
2020-07-24
DOI
10.32942/osf.io/jmvqy
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W4232304679
Cited by
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Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Indigenous Studies and Ecology
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory
Keywords
Indigenous land stewardship, cultural bias in research, land management history, conservation implications

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