(Re)negotiating treaties: Navigating within and between settler-Anishinaabe legal landscapes

Authors

  • Samantha D. Stevens

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25071/p80szg93

Author Biography

  • Samantha D. Stevens

    Samantha D. Stevens is a PhD candidate at Carleton University’s School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies and Institute of Political Economy. As a British-Canadian settler who has been welcomed into Nipissing First Nation through marriage, Samantha focuses her work on decolonization and the responsibilities of settlers as guests on these lands. Her SSHRC-funded PhD research investigates  crosscultural legal understandings related to Restoule v. Canada by using an interdisciplinary and  community-informed collaborative approach.

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2023-04-01

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Spring 2023: (Re)studying, (re)imagining, (re)presenting Canada through fatigue and hope

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(Re)negotiating treaties: Navigating within and between settler-Anishinaabe legal landscapes. (2023). Canada Watch. https://doi.org/10.25071/p80szg93