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Abstract:The concepts of sustainability, and of the more specific notion of sustainable development, have become entrenched in national and international policy making over the last half century. However, little attention has been paid to sustainability as it relates to indigenous communities. This article discusses sustainability concepts as understood in indigenous and non-indigenous societies, drawing a number of illustrations from the experiences and practices of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia. We point out that the two approaches to sustainability share many common concerns, although significant differences are evident. While the paradigm of sustainability can be seen as a universal concept that can be applied irrespective of social, political, or cultural context, it is argued that a fully realized model of sustainability for application in non-indigenous societies will only be possible if it acknowledges the importance of culture and incorporates the insights that have been accumulated over generations in indigenous knowledge systems.

This commentary discusses the framing of the production of a series of online text-based and visual resources aimed at researchers embarking on Indigenous and non-Indigenous research partnerships, and in particular supporting non-Indigenous researchers to think about our/their methods, assumptions and behaviour. We identify the tension in mainstream funding for such partnerships, and discuss the implications of Northern epistemological claims to agendas and universality as against Southern epistemologies acknowledging diversity and challenging oppressions. We note the distinct bases for Indigenous methodologies. Our commentary outlines and illustrates the online downloadable resources produced by our own Indigenous and non-Indigenous research partnership, including a video/audio recording, a comic, and blog posts, addressing decolonized collaborative practice.

Cover -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- Part 1: Canada -- Chapter 1. Indigenous Homelessness: Canadian Context -- Chapter 2. ""They Don't Let Us Look after Each Other Like We Used To"": Reframing Indigenous Homeless Geographies as Home/Journeying in the Northwest Territories, Canada -- Chapter 3. The Importance of Hidden Homelessness in the Housing Strategies of Urban Indigenous People -- Chapter 4. No Dumping: Indigenousness and the Racialized Police Transport of the Urban Homeless

Der Druck auf die indigenen Völker Lateinamerikas steigt bis hin zur Existenzbedrohung. Die linkspopulistische Regierung Mexikos setzt sich ebenso wenig für die Interessen der Indigenen ein wie die konservative Übergangsregierung in Bolivien. Brasiliens rechtsradikaler Präsident betreibt gar eine offene Assimilierungspolitik. Als neue Bedrohung kommt nun das Coronavirus hinzu, auf das die isoliert lebenden Völker immunologisch nicht vorbereitet sind.
Der eingeschränkte Zugang zu Gesundheitsdiensten und fehlende Intensivbetreuungskapazitäten erweisen sich während der Coronakrise in schwer zugänglichen Indigenengebieten als verhängnisvoll. Indigenenverbände befürchten, dass COVID-19 zur Ausrottung einiger indigener Völker führen kann.
Lateinamerikas indigene Völker sind eine bevorzugte Zielscheibe schwerer Menschenrechtsverletzungen. In Brasilien wurden allein in den letzten zwei Jahren mindestens 163 Indigene im Kontext von Landkonflikten getötet. In Bolivien erschoss das Militär bei Antiregierungsprotesten 36 überwiegend indigene Unterstützer des Ex-Präsidenten Evo Morales. Und im mexikanischen Chiapas leben derzeit etwa 5.000 überwiegend indigene Vertriebene in improvisierten Camps.
Zwar bezeichnen sich Mexiko und Bolivien in ihren Verfassungen als plurikulturelle Nation bzw. als plurinationaler Staat. Doch in der Realität werden indigene Rechte zunehmend ausgehöhlt, um den Ausbau von Infrastruktur, Landwirtschaft und Rohstoffabbau in indigenen Gebieten voranzutreiben. Besonders perfide zeigt sich dabei Brasiliens Präsident Bolsonaro, indem er die Indigenenschutzbehörde unter die Leitung eines Agrarlobbyisten stellt.
Die Bundesregierung und die Europäische Union sollten es trotz der Fokussierung auf das eigene Coronavirus-Management nicht versäumen, auf die besorgniserregende Lage der indigenen Völker zu reagieren. Um ein Massensterben durch COVID-19 abzuwenden, müsste die WHO umgehend den Transport medizinischen Personals und Behandlungsinfrastruktur in die teils schwer zugänglichen Gebiete koordinieren.

Indigenous Criminology is the first book to comprehensively explore Indigenous people's contact with criminal justice systems in a contemporary and historical context. Drawing on comparative Indigenous material from North America, Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, it addresses both the theoretical underpinnings to the development of a specific Indigenous criminology, and canvasses the broader policy and practice implications for criminal justice. Written by leading criminologists specialising in Indigenous justice issues, the book argues for the importance of Indigenous knowledges and methodologies to criminology, and suggests that colonialism needs to be a fundamental concept to criminology in order to understand contemporary problems such as deaths in custody, high imprisonment rates, police brutality and the high levels of violence in some Indigenous communities. Prioritising the voices of Indigenous peoples, the work will make a significant contribution to the development of a decolonising criminology and will be of wide interest

AbstractIndigenous urbanism is an analytic and vital experience that captures everyday life and extreme moments of conflict in settler colonies. While highly localized, Indigenous urbanism/s are comparable across time and space. Delivered from different parts of the world, the essays in this collection highlight that Indigenous urbanism is politically, socially and culturally significant not only for Indigenous peoples in cities, but also for urban settlers and non‐Indigenous people of color. While Indigenous urbanisms are foregrounded by settler‐colonial structures and processes, they also underscore the unresolved nature of social relations in cities, and indeed, the unsettled character of the city itself. This introduction briefly sketches the themes and scope of each essay and draws them into conversation. Taken together, this collection illustrates the relational—rather than reactionary—character of Indigenous urbanisms as structure, in and of the (settler) city. Indigenous urbanisms shape cities by engaging with broader categories of human relations, intimate connections, conflict and resistance.

"Investigates the complexities of urban American Indian life in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Examines Indigenous experiences in the city, focusing on identity formation, education, welfare, health care, community organizations, and community efforts to counter colonization"--Provided by publisher

Taking its inspiration from the thought and action of Jean-Marie Tjibaou, this essay proposes a comparative analysis of "articulated sites of indigeneity." It explores the advantages and limitations of translating North Atlantic cultural studies approaches into island Pacific contexts. Stuart Hall's articulation theory is proposed as a partial way beyond the stand-offs created by recent debates around the "invention of tradition." The dialectic of indigenous and diasporic histories, roots and routes, is explored with regard to experiences of post-and neocolonial interdependence and pragmatic sovereignty.