Prairie rising : indigenous youth, decolonization, and the politics of intervention / Jaskiran Dhillon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dhillon, Jaskiran, 1974- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indian youth--Government policy--Saskatchewan--Saskatoon.

Indian youth.

Indian youth--Government policy--Canada.

Indian youth--Saskatchewan--Saskatoon--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Indian youth--Government policy.

Saskatoon (Sask.)--Ethnic relations.

Saskatoon (Sask.).

Saskatchewan--Saskatoon.

Canada.

Physical Description:

xv, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2017]

Summary:

"In 2016, Canada's newly elected federal government publically committed to reconciling the social and material deprivation of Indigenous communities across the country. Does this outward shift in the Canadian state's approach to longstanding injustices facing Indigenous peoples reflect a "transformation with teeth," or is it merely a reconstructed attempt at colonial Indigenous-settler relations? Prairie Rising provides a series of critical reflections about the changing face of settler colonialism in Canada through an ethnographic investigation of Indigenous-state relations in the city of Saskatoon. Jaskiran Dhillon uncovers how various groups including state agents, youth workers, and community organizations utilize participatory politics in order to intervene in the lives of Indigenous youth living under conditions of colonial occupation and marginality. In doing so, this accessibly written book sheds light on the changing forms of settler governance and the interlocking systems of education, child welfare, and criminal justice that sustain it. Dhillon's nuanced and fine-grained analysis exposes how the push for inclusionary governance ultimately reinstates colonial settler authority and raises startling questions about the federal government's commitment to justice and political empowerment for Indigenous Nations, particularly within the context of the everyday realities facing Indigenous youth."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1 A World of Invisible Things: History and Politics in the Context of Settler Colonial Encounters

1 Breakage: Colonization, Violence, and the Possibility (Still) of Self-Determined Destiny 47

2 The Making of Crisis Stories 79

Part 2 The Space That Lies In Between: Ethnographic Encounters with the Land of Living Skies

3 The Seduction of Participation: They Say the Best Is Yet to Come 123

4 Policing the Boundaries and Debates over What's "Real" 157

Part 3 Pushback on the Plains: Tensions and Trials of Participation

5 Justice in a Binder: Cultural Currency and Urban Indigenous Youth 189

6 The Dislocation of Self 210.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-314) and index.

ISBN:

9781442646926

1442646926

9781442614710

1442614714

OCLC:

960295445