Indigenous Identity and Resistance: Researching the Diversity of Knowledge

This book is the outcome of Indigenous Studies scholars in Canada, New Zealand and the Pacific working together in research conversations that transcend the imperial boundaries of the colonial nations in which they are located. Their lucid, accessible, and thought-provoking essays provide a critical understanding of the ways in which Indigenous peoples are rearticulating their histories, knowledges, and the Indigenous self. Hana O'Regan discusses a programme of language regeneration initiated by members of her iwi, Kai Tahu, Chris Andersen describes the power of Canada’s colonial nation-state in constructing categories of indigeneity, Janine Hayward compares Indigenous political representation in Canada and New Zealand and Brendan Hokowhitu problematises the common discourses underpinning Indigenous resistance. This is just a snapshot of the forward-looking research in this reader. Taken together, it heralds some new ways of thinking about Indigenous Studies in the 21st Century.