Title: Indigenous homelessness : perspectives from Canada, Australia, and New Zealand /
Authors: Peters, Evelyn J. 1951-; Christensen, Julia
Year: 2016
Subjects: Indian homeless persons Canada.; Homeless persons Canada.; Homeless persons Australia.; Homeless persons New Zealand.; Aboriginal Australians Social conditions; Maori (New Zealand people) Social conditions.; Homelessness Canada.; Homelessness Australia.; Homelessness New Zealand.
Abstract: "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."--
Contents: Introduction / Julia Christensen. Part 1 Canada : Indigenous homelessness: Canadian context / Julia Christensen -- "The don't let us look after each other like we used to:" reframing indigenous homeless geographies as home/journeying in the Northwest Territories, Canada / Julia Christensen with Paul Andrew -- The importance of hidden homelessness in the housing strategies of urban indigenous people / Evelyn J. Peters and Selena Kern -- No dumping: indigenousness and the racialized police transport of the urban homeless / Joshua Freistadt -- Indigenous and non-indigenous respondents to the Health and Housing in Transition (HHiT) Study: an intersectional approach / Fran Klodawsky, Rebecca Cherner, Tim Aubry, Susan Farrell, Julie Parrell, and Barbara A. Smith -- The inclusion of indigenous voices in co-constructing "home:" indigenous homelessness in a northern semi-urban community in Manitoba / Marleny M. Bonnycastle, Maureen Simpkins, and Annette Siddle --^