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Publication | Research and Advocacy for Native Economic Justice
Compilation of Research Findings by Native Leaders and Scholars
To elevate Native strengths, counter invisibility and misinformation, and advance Native justice, First Nations commissioned this multi-faceted research to explore Native and non-Native views on how policy and institutions can be understood and transformed to reflect Native values.
The purpose of this project is to illuminate transformational approaches to Native justice that go beyond short-term or one-off “Band-Aid” solutions in order to address the historical root causes of injustice, and celebrate and humanize Native peoples in the present day. First Nations also brings forth Native values, wisdom, and concrete practices that can meet this moment of environmental, climate, ecological, economic, social, and arguably, spiritual crises.
Additionally, the research draws a deep distinction between the holistic Native conception of justice and a linear definition or list of component parts that fit Western definitions. There is general agreement with how difficult it is to define Native justice and envision something that doesn’t yet exist, and that will never be had within a colonized system.
