Revitalizing Indigenous Women’s Water Governance Roles in Impact and Benefit Agreement Processes Through Indigenous Legal Orders and Water Stories

Hania, Patricia

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“…Anishinaabe legal scholar Rayanna SeymourHourie is quoted in Craft et al (2021) we all have "obligations to have a good relationship with N'bi and contribute to N'bi's healing" (p. 30). It has become well known that current water governance is in a state of crisis, it is fragmented, and lacks Indigenous perspectives (Bakker, 2010;Hania, 2019). Settler governments must turn to kweok knowledge, Anishinaabek naaknigewin, and Nokomis Giizis to address the crisis.…”

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“…Wilson and Inkster (2018) explain how Indigenous Nations’ pre-existing legal orders are not reflected or represented in water governance. The current colonial laws “systematically destabilize Indigenous women’s traditional knowledge, leadership, and Indigenous governance resulting in a silencing effect upon women’s voices in mainstream governance processes” (Hania, 2019, p. 526). For example, the International Joint Commission was established in the early 1900s to approve projects affecting boundary waters and investigate transboundary issues pertaining to water with three commissioners being appointed by the USA and Canada (Denning, 2020; Whorley, 2020).…”

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Relationships and responsibilities between Anishinaabek and Nokomis Giizis (Grandmother Moon) inform N’bi (Water) governance

Chiblow

2023

AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples

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Efforts continue to evolve for sustainable and inclusive water governance in Canada. All humanity relies on N’bi (Water) for life, yet contrasting views and knowledge on N’bi still elude water governance. Far too often, Indigenous women are left out of water governance regardless of their relationships and responsibilities to and for N’bi. Indigenous women, more specifically Anishinaabek (Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island also known as Canada and the USA) kweok (women) understand the relationships and responsibilities Nokomis Giizis (Grandmother Moon) has to N’bi through the cycles of kweok and Nokomis Giizis and how this is guided through natural law. This article explores the relationships and responsibilities between Anishinaabek kweok and Nokomis Giizis and how it can inform water governance based on Anishinaabek naaknigewin (law).

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Relationships and responsibilities between Anishinaabek and Nokomis Giizis (Grandmother Moon) inform N’bi (Water) governance

Chiblow

2023

AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples

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“…Patriarchal Water governance systems have impacted negatively on Indigenous women's roles in Water protection [59]. Evidence shows that Indigenous women traditionally played leadership roles in protecting and managing Water for their communities [60,[67][68][69][70][71][72]. Studies show ".…”

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Decolonizing Indigenous Drinking Water Challenges and Implications: Focusing on Indigenous Water Governance and Sovereignty

Hurlbert,

Acharibasam,

Datta

et al. 2024

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Indigenous Peoples in Canada have shown great strength and resilience in maintaining their cultures and ways of life to date in the face of settler colonialism. Centering the Water crises within Indigenous sovereignty and self-determination, we explore the impacts these crises have on community members. Particularly, the continuous failure of the Canadian government to end the Water crises in remote Indigenous communities, Star Blanket Cree Nation, is investigated in this paper. What implications have these Water governance gaps had on Indigenous Peoples’ sovereignty and self-determination? We adopted an Indigenist theoretical framework to guide the study. Additionally, a community-based participatory research approach was adopted. To achieve our research goals of investigating the implications of the current Water crises for Indigenous sovereignty and self-determination, specific methods of sharing circles were used to gather knowledge from community members, Elders, and knowledge keepers. The research findings strongly highlight the strength and resilience shown by remote Indigenous communities in the face of the current Water crises and continuous government failure. Solving the current Water crises will involve remote Indigenous communities taking charge of their own Water governance through Indigenous-led Water governance systems. Additionally, taking steps to rebuild trust through genuine reconciliation will be key. Therefore, listening to remote Indigenous communities and taking collaborative action are fundamental.

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“…Similarly, the "incorporation"(Emanuel & Wilkins, 2020) and "participation"(Hania, 2019) of Indigenous people and knowledge within dominant decision-making regimes is equally harmful and inappropriate.…”

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Zaagtoonaa Nibi (We Love the Water):

Latulippe

McGregor

2022

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This paper presents Indigenous community-led, collaborative, and community-engaged water governance research with a First Nations community in the Georgian Bay and Lake Huron region in northeastern Ontario, Canada. The methodology draws on Indigenous approaches to understanding and developing knowledge and is designed to build community capacity in research and in water protection and governance. This approach recognizes existing community strengths, including traditional knowledge, experiences, perspectives, and associated cultural perspectives and values, laws, responsibilities and lived experience in relation to water. Results identify and contextualize community-held responsibilities and legal principles pertaining to water that support culturally relevant water governance and strategic planning. By synthesizing and extending previous water protection initiatives, this research meaningfully supports the community’s position and leadership on water security and governance. This, in turn, strengthens Indigenous water governance and sustainable water governance broadly as Indigenous understandings and approaches to water are holistic and concern relationships with and responsibilities to all of Creation.

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Revitalizing Indigenous Women’s Water Governance Roles in Impact and Benefit Agreement Processes Through Indigenous Legal Orders and Water Stories

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Relationships and responsibilities between Anishinaabek and Nokomis Giizis (Grandmother Moon) inform N’bi (Water) governance

Relationships and responsibilities between Anishinaabek and Nokomis Giizis (Grandmother Moon) inform N’bi (Water) governance

Decolonizing Indigenous Drinking Water Challenges and Implications: Focusing on Indigenous Water Governance and Sovereignty

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