Dale Turner:"The politics of Indigeneity in Canada, the U.S., New Zealand, and Australia"

Friday November 7,  1:30pm
Kailash Mital Theatre (beside Southam Hall)
Carleton University Dale Turner: "The politics of Indigeneity in Canada, the U.S., New Zealand, and Australia" Dale Turner: Associate Professor of Government and Native American Studies, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire (Temagami First Nation) Dale Turner teaches and does research in social and political philosophy, Amerindian philosophy, and the philosophy of law. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy from McGill University and his areas of research include Indigenous politics and contemporary Indigenous intellectual culture. He is the author of the recent book *This is Not a Peace Pipe: Towards a Critical Indigenous Philosophy *. *Abstract:* The concepts of rights, sovereignty and nationhood in contemporary political thought have proven to be deeply problematic and controversial when applied to Indigenous peoples. In this paper, I explore how the discourses of rights, sovereignty, and nationhood have affected Indigenous peoples. For better or worse, an Indigenous rights discourse has become indisposable for those who defend the integrity of Indigenous peoples' demands for distinct political recognition. I will briefly examine the constitutional democracies of Canada, the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand and show how the legal and political relationships with their respective Indigenous peoples have created political spaces from which they can exercise their right of self-determination. For more information contact Eva Mackey eva_mackey@carleton.ca or Donna
Patrick donna_patrick@carleton.ca