A Recipe for Change: Reclamation of Indigenous Food Sovereignty in O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation
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2014, 2015, 2017
Authors
Kamal, Asfia Gulrukh
Kamal, Asfia Gulrukh
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Routledge, Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, ESWB press
Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis
Abstract
O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation (OPCN), an Indigenous community in northern Manitoba, Canada, was flooded by Manitoba Hydro in 1974-75 and forced to relocate from its ancestral lands to a nearby settlement under dire circumstances. Regaining strength from their inherent cultural values grounded in their relationship with the land, OPCN subsequently formed a community-based food program called Ithinto Mechisowin (‘food from the land’) in part to respond to these impacts. This thesis uses OPCN’s concept of resources to present a nuanced understanding of Indigenous food systems in Canada. I have framed the concept of Indigenous food sovereignty as a counter-hegemonic knowledge-in-action practice that brings in the multilayered and anticolonial view of food and the role food plays in reinvigorating individual, family and community level strengths in overcoming a wide diversity of challenges. I explore the many ways in which Ithinto Mechisowin inspires reconnection with land, thereby improving access to culturally appropriate healthy food and strengthening Indigenous food sovereignty and creating pathways to resurgence.
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Keywords
Indigenous food sovereignty, Indigenous community based research, resurgence
Citation
Kamal, A. G., Linklater, R., Thompson, S. , Dipple, J. and Ithinto Mechisowin Committee. (2015) Recipe for Change: Reclamation of Indigenous Food Sovereignty in O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation for Decolonization, Resource Sharing and Cultural Restoration. Globalization 12(4), 1-17.
Kamal, A. G., Martens, T. and Ithinto Mechisowin Committee. (2015) Rethinking Sustainable Livelihoods Framework: An Indigenous Perspective, The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, 9(2), 51-64.
Kamal, A. G. (2015) The Story of Healing with O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation (OPCN), The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, 9(2), 3-8
Kamal, A. G., Thompson, S. , Linklater,R., and Ithinto Mechisowin Committee (2014). Achieving sustainable well-being through indigenous food sovereignty in O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation in F. Deer, T. Falkenberg, B. Mcmillan, & L. Sims (Eds). Sustainable Well-Being Concepts, Issues, and Educational Practice (pp. 1-21). Winnipeg, MB: ESWB Press
Kamal, A. G., Linklater,R., Thompson, S. , Dipple, J. and Ithinto Mechisowin Committee. (2017) Recipe for Change: Reclamation of Indigenous Food Sovereignty in O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation for Decolonization, Resource Sharing and Cultural Restoration in Politics of Food: Concept, Practice & Social Movements. (pp. 145-159) New York: Routledge
Kamal, A. G., Martens, T. and Ithinto Mechisowin Committee. (2015) Rethinking Sustainable Livelihoods Framework: An Indigenous Perspective, The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, 9(2), 51-64.
Kamal, A. G. (2015) The Story of Healing with O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation (OPCN), The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, 9(2), 3-8
Kamal, A. G., Thompson, S. , Linklater,R., and Ithinto Mechisowin Committee (2014). Achieving sustainable well-being through indigenous food sovereignty in O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation in F. Deer, T. Falkenberg, B. Mcmillan, & L. Sims (Eds). Sustainable Well-Being Concepts, Issues, and Educational Practice (pp. 1-21). Winnipeg, MB: ESWB Press
Kamal, A. G., Linklater,R., Thompson, S. , Dipple, J. and Ithinto Mechisowin Committee. (2017) Recipe for Change: Reclamation of Indigenous Food Sovereignty in O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation for Decolonization, Resource Sharing and Cultural Restoration in Politics of Food: Concept, Practice & Social Movements. (pp. 145-159) New York: Routledge