“no short cuts in finding justice”: review
A shout-out to Native American and Indigenous Studies Journal (vol. 5 (1) Spring 2018, 209-10) for a lovely review of Living Treaties: Narrating Mi’kmaw Treaty Relations, edited by Marie Battiste (CBU Press 2016)
“There are no short cuts in finding justice,” reads the review, “[Living Treaties] clearly and compellingly illustrates the lengths at which the various governmental branches have evaded their legal responsibilities toward the Mi’kmaq. [C]ontributors utilize Indigenous theoretical frameworks to illustrate long-standing traditions of research, resistance, and resilience that stand in direct contrast to the colonial ontologies found in systems and institutions of power.”
“[W]ell positioned to serve as a valuable resource for understanding Mi’kmaw culture and attempts to reposition the Crown’s version of the treaty story[,] Living Treaties should be considered a fundamental read for educators, activists, historians, researchers, policymakers, and similar others.”
It was a great privilege to work with Marie and the other contributors to Living Treaties. CBU Press was also publisher of Marie’s Visioning a Mi’kmaw Humanities: Indigenizing the Academy (2017). Both books should be required reading for Canadians, in our opinion, as we work through reconciliation with Indigenous peoples at home and abroad. Both books are available from Nimbus Publishing.