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Indigenous Homelessness : Perspectives from Canada, Australia, and New Zealand

2016

Being homeless in one’s homeland is a colonial legacy for many Indigenous people in settler societies. The construction of Commonwealth nation-states from colonial settler societies depended on the dispossession of Indigenous peoples from their lands. The legacy of that dispossession and related attempts at assimilation that disrupted Indigenous practices, languages, and cultures—including patterns of housing and land use—can be seen today in the disproportionate number of Indigenous people affected by homelessness in both rural and urban settings. Essays in this collection explore the meaning and scope of Indigenous homelessness in the Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. They argue that effective policy and support programs aimed at relieving Indigenous homelessness must be rooted in Indigenous conceptions of home, land, and kinship, and cannot ignore the context of systemic inequality, institutionalization, landlessness, among other things, that stem from a history of colonialism. "Indigenous Homelessness: Perspectives from Canada, New Zealand and Australia" provides a comprehensive exploration of the Indigenous experience of homelessness. It testifies to ongoing cultural resilience and lays the groundwork for practices and policies designed to better address the conditions that lead to homelessness among Indigenous peoples.
canada australia homeless persons new zealand social conditions homelessness social science native peoples aboriginal australians indian homeless persons maori (new zealand people) indigenous studies poverty & homelessness

Authors

Barbara A. Smith, Kelly Greenop, Paul Memmott, Wilfreda E. Thurston, Joshua Freistadt, Marleny M. Bonnycastle, Rebecca Cherner, Julia Parrel, Mohi Rua, Patricia Franks, Susan Farrell, Alina Turner, Charmaine Green, Julia Christensen, Maureen Simpkins, Shiloh Groot, Tim Aubry, Selena Kern, Tiniwai Chas Te Whetu, Darrin Hodgetts, Cynthia Bird, Daphne Nash, Evelyn Peters, Fran Klodawsky, Paul Andrew, Annette Siddle, Jeanette Waegemakers Schiff, Deidre Brown, David Turner, Yale Belanger, Rob Willetts, Sarah Prout, Christina Birdsall-Jones, Gabrielle Lindstrom, Evelyn J. Peters, Rebecca Schiff, Pita Richard Wiremu King

Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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CaOOCEL
Description conventions
rda
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
362.5/92089
Dewey Decimal Edition Number
23
Distributor
Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
General Note
Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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ISBN
9780887558269 9780887555282
LCCN
HV4493
LCCN Item number
I53 2016eb
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CaBNVSL
Original cataloging agency
CaOONL
Physical Description | Extent
1 electronic text (viii, 400 pages)
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario
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CaOOCEL
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Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
System Control Number
(CaBNVSL)kck00237233 (OCoLC)952801040 (CaOOCEL)451962
System Details Note
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Transcribing agency
CaOONL

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