Re-Membering Our Nations: Indigenous Custom Adoption and Determining Belonging Beyond the Indian Act

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dc.contributor.advisorVoth, Daniel Jacob-Paul
dc.contributor.authorWilson, Ariane
dc.contributor.committeememberStarblanket, Gina Nicole
dc.contributor.committeememberThomas, Melanee Lynn
dc.date2022-11
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-11T18:48:33Z
dc.date.available2022-08-11T18:48:33Z
dc.date.issued2022-08-08
dc.description.abstractThis is a study and analysis of Indigenous membership and belonging. Specifically, this thesis takes up the historical and contemporary harms of colonialism and the Indian Act (1876) have had on First Nations band membership codes and Indigenous practices of determining belonging. The central task of this study is to determine how Indigenous nations can determine membership and belonging beyond colonial confines. I draw on literature on Indigenous nationhood and peoplehood to develop a framework that outlines pathways for belonging that are embedded within networks of kinship and relationality, rather than the arbitrary boundaries of colonial legislation. Throughout the thesis, I argue that Indigenous custom adoptions, in the way they occur within Indigenous legal, political, and kinship systems, are inherently acts of self-determination and as such, provide insight into how Indigenous nations can move beyond the Indian Act.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWilson, A. (2022). Re-Membering Our Nations: Indigenous Custom Adoption and Determining Belonging Beyond the Indian Act (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/114941
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/39987
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectIndian Acten_US
dc.subjectmembership codesen_US
dc.subjectcustom adoptionen_US
dc.subjectnationhooden_US
dc.subjectpeoplehooden_US
dc.subjectkinshipen_US
dc.subjectrelationalityen_US
dc.subjectIndian statusen_US
dc.subject.classificationNative American Studiesen_US
dc.subject.classificationPolitical Scienceen_US
dc.titleRe-Membering Our Nations: Indigenous Custom Adoption and Determining Belonging Beyond the Indian Acten_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplinePolitical Scienceen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)en_US
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