Reclaiming Mountain Lake: Applying environmental repossession in Biigtigong Nishnaabeg territory, Canada

Nightingale, Elana; Richmond, Chantelle

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113706

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“…Forty-two articles [ 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 ], from 38 unique studies, reported on aspects of Indigenous youth wellbeing in Canada. Our thematic analysis identified eight aspects of wellbeing for this population: basic resources for survival; safety and stability; relationships with others; culture and spirituality; knowledge, opportunities, and the future; identity; resilience and independence; and recreation and interests.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Culture and spirituality are inextricable components of the wellbeing of Indigenous youth in Canada, which includes traditional language, knowledge, activities, beliefs and land [ 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 69 , 70 , 73 , 75 , 79 , 80 , 81 ]. The challenges and opportunities for youth living across ‘two worlds’—Indigenous and Western—enhances the wellbeing of some, while posing difficulties and uncomfortable trade-offs for others [ 40 , 41 , 47 , 48 , 52 , 57 , 60 , 64 ].…”

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Aspects of Wellbeing for Indigenous Youth in CANZUS Countries: A Systematic Review

Anderson

Elder‐Robinson

Gall

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Indigenous children and young people (hereafter youth) across CANZUS nations embody a rich diversity of cultures and traditions. Despite the immense challenges facing these youth, many harness cultural and personal strengths to protect and promote their wellbeing. To support this for all youth, it is critical to understand what contributes to their wellbeing. This review aims to identify components contributing to wellbeing for Indigenous youth in CANZUS nations. Five databases were searched from inception to August 2022. Papers were eligible if they: focused on Indigenous youth in CANZUS nations; included views of youth or proxies; and focused on at least one aspect of wellbeing. We identified 105 articles for inclusion (Canada n = 42, Australia n = 27, Aotearoa New Zealand n = 8, USA n = 28) and our analysis revealed a range of thematic areas within each nation that impact wellbeing for Indigenous youth. Findings highlight the unique challenges facing Indigenous youth, as well as their immense capacity to harness cultural and personal strengths to navigate into an uncertain future. The commonalities of Indigenous youth wellbeing across these nations provide valuable insights into how information and approaches can be shared across borders to the benefit of all Indigenous youth and future generations.

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Aspects of Wellbeing for Indigenous Youth in CANZUS Countries: A Systematic Review

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Elder‐Robinson

Gall

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“…Critical avenues for further research centre around life course dynamics, health disparities, care relations, and governmental systems. For instance, uncovering the knowledge, experiences, and practice‐sharing opportunities surrounding environmental knowledge, systems, medicinal practices, and pre‐colonial community systems such as bulungi bwansi (see Kiwanuka 1972) would not only assist in the transmission of important information for youth to live and age well in dynamic environments (see Schmidt and Muehlfeld 2017; Mulumba et al 2021), but also present opportunities to challenge normative colonial development frameworks and even reclaim visions of development in a process of self‐determination and decolonization (see Tobias and Richmond 2016; Mulumba et al 2021; Nightingale and Richmond 2021; Richmond et al 2021). As highlighted through extensive work with Canadian Indigenous communities, engaging in a process of partnership, relationship building, and collaborative learning not only runs counter to former “imperial geographies” where research was done “on communities”—it also generates possibilities for relational accountability, demonstrates the importance of relationships in all aspects of research (see Wilson 2008; Kovac 2009), and creates avenues for mindful reciprocity through thoughtful and compassionate relationships with community collaborators (see Pearson and Paige 2012).…”

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Walking the health geographers' talk: Aging and health inequalities in sub‐Saharan Africa

Rishworth

Elliott

2022

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes

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Health inequalities are central to healthy geography, yet health geographers rarely act to resolve them.• Integrated knowledge translation (iKT) that includes knowledge holders and users in research inception, implementation, and dissemination can expose global health inequalities and generate collaborative solutions. • Health geography iKT can reveal the location and (re)production of health inequalities and produce resolutions.Although inequalities in the production, distribution, and determinants of health are central to health geographers, the discipline of health geography suffers from a "know-do" gap. These health inequalities are personified in aging populations; older adults in sub-Saharan Africa experience shorter life expectancies than in high-income countries and endure higher disability and disease rates in old age. Concomitantly, the region experiences resource shortages and competing population priorities. Evidence-informed knowledge and practice is imperative. Informed by the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research Principles, an integrated knowledge translation (iKT) case study with knowledge holders and users in the inception, implementation, and dissemination of research in Uganda was undertaken. This paper presents the capstone iKT event that shared research results with knowledge owners and users, addressed research implications and applications, and identified future research and policy agendas. Although vast contextual inequalities impede aging health disparity solutions, findings indicate that employing an iKT approach generates possibilities that not only support older adults, but also population health across the life course. Research incorporating iKT overcomes many contextual realities deemed to impede old age health equity. Incorporating iTK into health geography can reveal where inequality exists, expose how inequality is (re)produced, and suggest solutions that generates more equitable futures.

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“…This study phase was a collaboration between the two academic authors and Biigtigong’s Department of Sustainable Development. In 2018, the community’s Band Manager and staff from the Department of Sustainable Development identified a need for research to explore Biigtigong’s connection to Mountain Lake and the western boundary of its territory, an area from which community members have been largely disconnected [ 20 ]. Through regular meetings with department staff, it was determined that the first author, a settler graduate student, and a community researcher, the Manager of Culture, Heritage and Tourism, would lead this research.…”

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“…Legislation, policy, and development have aimed to limit the ability of families and communities to practice, teach, and learn Indigenous knowledge with implications for social support, identity formation, sense of belonging, and self-sufficiency [ 17 , 18 , 19 ]. More recently, the field has highlighted the strategies being developed by communities to foster self-determination over both land and wellness by drawing on their own strengths and skills [ 20 , 21 , 22 ]. The concept of environmental repossession seeks to describe these particular processes, and to explore how they are being implemented as a means to reclaim territory and reconnect with the knowledge, relationships, and identities tied to these places [ 23 ].…”

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Reclaiming Land, Identity and Mental Wellness in Biigtigong Nishnaabeg Territory

Nightingale

Richmond

2022

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Indigenous peoples globally are pursuing diverse strategies to foster mental, emotional, and spiritual wellness by reclaiming and restoring their relationships to land. For Anishinaabe communities, the land is the source of local knowledge systems that sustain identities and foster mino-bimaadiziwin, that is, living in a good and healthy way. In July 2019, the community of Biigtigong Nishnaabeg in Ontario, Canada hosted a week-long land camp to reclaim Mountain Lake and reconnect Elders, youth and band staff to the land, history, and relationships of this place. Framed theoretically by environmental repossession, we explore the perceptions of 15 participating community members and examine local and intergenerational meanings of the camp for mental wellness. The findings show that the Mountain Lake camp strengthened social relationships, supported the sharing and practice of Anishinaabe knowledge, and fostered community pride in ways that reinforced the community’s Anishinaabe identity. By exploring the links between land reclamation, identity, and community empowerment, we suggest environmental repossession as a useful concept for understanding how land reconnection and self-determination can support Indigenous mental wellness.

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Reclaiming Mountain Lake: Applying environmental repossession in Biigtigong Nishnaabeg territory, Canada

Cited by 6 publications

References 24 publications

Aspects of Wellbeing for Indigenous Youth in CANZUS Countries: A Systematic Review

Aspects of Wellbeing for Indigenous Youth in CANZUS Countries: A Systematic Review

Walking the health geographers' talk: Aging and health inequalities in sub‐Saharan Africa

Reclaiming Land, Identity and Mental Wellness in Biigtigong Nishnaabeg Territory

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