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• 6: COMMUNITY
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IGOV 599 Thesis

• ATLEO, Cliff, Jr., 2010 - Nuu-chah-nulth Economic Development and the Changing Nature of our Relationships Within the Ha'hoolthlii of our Ha'wiih
• BARKER, Adam, 2006 - Being Colonial: Colonial mentalities in Canadian Settler society and political theory
• CAREY, Michael, 2007 - Snuneymuxw Justice as an Alternative to the Canadian Justice System
• COULTHARD, Glen, 2003 - Facing the Challenge of Freedom: Dene Nationalism and the Politics of Cultural Recognition
• DAIGLE, Michelle, 2010 - Awuwanainithukik: Living an Authentic Omushkegowuk Cree Way of Life A Discussion on the Regeneration and Transmission of Nistam Eniniwak Existences
• LESLIE, Bruce, 2003 - Impossible Escape From Capture:A Journey Toward an Indigenous Political Identity
• MAKOKIS, Janice, 2008 - nehiyaw iskwew kiskinowâtasinahikewina - paminisowin namôya tipeyimisowin: Cree Women Learning Self Determination Through Sacred Teachings of the Creator
• McGUIRE ADAMS, Tricia, 2009 - Ogichitaakwe Regeneration
• MUCINA, Devi, 2006 - Revitalizing Memory in Honour of Maseko Ngoni’s Indigenous Bantu Governance
• MUNSTERHJELM, Mark, 2004 - Aborigines Saved Yet Again: Settler Nationalism and Hero Narratives in a 2001 Exhibition of Taiwan Aboriginal Artefacts
• PATRICK, Lyana, 2004 - Storytelling in the Fourth World: Explorations in Meaning of Place and Tla’amin Resistance to Dispossession
• PITAWANAKWAT, Brock, 2002 - The Mirror of Dignity: Zapatista Communications & Indigenous Resistance
• POULETTE, Adriana, 2007 - Yohahí:yo Yakothahol^:u : She Has Found a Good Path A Discussion of Commitment to Onyota’a:ka Language Revitalization
• ROY, Audrey, 2001 - "Sovereignty and Decolonization: Realizing Indigenous
  Self-Determination at the United Nations and in Canada"
• PRICE, Jackie, 2007 - Tukisivallialiqtakka: The things I have now begun to understand: Inuit governance, Nunavut and the Kitchen Consultation Model
• TOOVEY, Kari, 2005 - "Decolonizing or Recolonizing: Indigenous Peoples and the Law in Canada"
• WATTS, Vanessa, 2006 - Towards Anishnaabe Governance and Accountability: Reawakening our Relationships and Sacred Bimaadiziwin
• WICKHAM, Molly, 2010 - Kwin Tsaniine Das Delh (Returning to the Home Fire): An Indigenous Reclamation
• WILDCAT, Matthew, 2010 - Miyo Wahkohtowin: Self-determination, colonialism and pre-reserve Nehiyaw forms of power
  

Who We are

Taiaiake Alfred
Professor

Taiaiake Alfred is from Kahnawá:ke in the Mohawk Nation. He is a full Professor in the Faculty of Human and Social Development, and has taught at UVic since 1994.

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Jeff Corntassel
Associate Professor

Jeff Corntassel (Cherokee Nation), received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Arizona in 1998, and is currently Associate Professor and Graduate Advisor in Indigenous Governance at the University of Victoria.

 

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Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark
Assistant Professor, Crosslisted

Heidi (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe) received her Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, in 2008.

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James Tully
Distinguished Professor

James Hamilton Tully is a founding member of the IGOV program. He is the Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Law, Indigenous Governance and Philosophy at the University of Victoria.

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Community Projects

SENCOTEN Canoe Project

Paddling in Partnership – The SENCOTEN Canoe Project

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Oral History Project

An Oral History of the World Council of Indigenous Peoples

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Our Alumni

Lyana Patrick
Carrier Nation/Stellat'en First Nation
B.A., Creative Writing (Co-op)/History, UVic

Research: Indigenous storytelling as a methodology; decolonizing filmmaking strategies with the goal of social and political regeneration.

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Read her Thesis paper on storytelling

Upcoming Events

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Contact Information

Tel: 250-721-6438

Fax: 250-472-4724

Email: igov@uvic.ca (Program Assistant)

Indigenous Governance
University of Victoria
Faculty of Human and Social Development
PO Box 1700 STN CSC
Victoria BC V8W 2Y2
Canada

Our Programs

Master of Arts in Indigenous Governance (MAIG)

The Master of Arts in Indigenous Governance (MAIG) is an interdisciplinary program focused on traditional structures and ways of governance and encompassing the values, perspectives, concepts, and principles of Indigenous political cultures. Through teaching and research that respects both western and Indigenous traditions, methods, and forms of knowledge, students are provided with a strong foundation of basic and applied scholarly research with an emphasis on the nature and context of Indigenous governance and Indigenous-State relations in Canada and internationally.

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PhD Degree by Special Arrangement

The Faculty of Graduate Studies along with the Indigenous Governance Program (IGOV) offers the selected opportunities for students to pursue a PhD degree by Special Arrangement. The Special Arrangement degree program is available for Indigenous Governance students, as the program does not currently offer a regular Ph.D. degree program. For more information about this program.

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Our FACULTY

IGOV is a part of the Faculty of Human and Social Development (HSD).

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