Walking the Law throughout the Journey of Nishiyuu
Indigenous journeys are powerful exercises of law and governance. Presently, these journeys have also become a popular means for revitalizing culture and contesting continued colonialism. The Journey of Nishiyuu was a mass social movement in which a group of Uschiniichisuu, Cree youth, travelled a c...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2022
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Material religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 77-91 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Canada (Ost)
/ Journey of Nishiyuu
/ Cree
/ Sovereignty
/ Self-government
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RelBib Classification: | AF Geography of religion BB Indigenous religions KBQ North America KCD Hagiography; saints XA Law ZC Politics in general |
Further subjects: | B
Walking
B Law B land-based activism B Indigenous spirituality B Journey of Nishiyuu B Governance B Self-determination B and sovereignty |
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Summary: | Indigenous journeys are powerful exercises of law and governance. Presently, these journeys have also become a popular means for revitalizing culture and contesting continued colonialism. The Journey of Nishiyuu was a mass social movement in which a group of Uschiniichisuu, Cree youth, travelled a collective 1600 km by foot from their homes in Whapmagoostui, Québec to Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario in order to address a variety of social and environmental issues confronting Indigenous Peoples in Canada during the winter of Idle No More (2012/2013). Drawing on conversational interviews conducted with several walkers, their Elders, and community members who volunteered for the Journey of Nishiyuu, I argue that throughout the Journey the Nishiyuu youth walked the law, by which I mean they inherited their authority to govern and exercised their governance by way of walking the land. While making this argument I consider how spiritual imaginations shape legal landscapes and emphasize the itinerant nature and prevailing persistence of Indigenous legal orders. |
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ISSN: | 1751-8342 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Material religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/17432200.2021.2018850 |