Miinigowiziwin: all that has been given for living well together: one vision of Anishinaabe constitutionalism

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dc.contributor.authorMills, Aaron James (Waabishki Ma’iingan)
dc.contributor.supervisorBorrows, John
dc.contributor.supervisorTully, James
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-22T22:34:02Z
dc.date.available2019-07-22T22:34:02Z
dc.date.copyright2019en_US
dc.date.issued2019-07-22
dc.degree.departmentFaculty of Lawen_US
dc.degree.levelDoctor of Philosophy Ph.D.en_US
dc.description.abstractEnding colonialism requires the revitalization of not only indigenous systems of law, but also the indigenous legalities of which they form part. This means that Canada’s unique form of liberal constitutionalism cannot serve as the constitutional framework within which indigenous law is revitalized. Rather, we shall have to advert to the fact that indigenous law was and is generated by unique indigenous legal processes and institutions, which find their authorization in unique indigenous constitutional orders, which are in turn legitimated by indigenous peoples’ unique and varied creation stories. Through the gifts of diverse Anishinaabe writers and orators, and through work with my circle of elders, with aadizookaanan, in community, and on the land, I present one view of Anishinaabe legality. I give special emphasis to its earth-centric ‘rooted’ form of constitutionalism, which is characterized by mutual aid and its correlate structure, kinship. In the second half, I examine the problem of colonial violence in contemporary indigenous-settler relationships. I identify two principles necessary for indigenous-settler reconciliation and I consider how commonly proposed models of indigenous-settler relationship fare against them. I conclude that one vision of treaty, treaty mutualism—which is a form of rooted constitutionalism—is non-violent to indigenous peoples, settler peoples and to the earth. Finally, I consider counter-arguments on themes of fundamentalism, power, and misreading.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/10985
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectIndigenous Constitutionalismen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous Lawen_US
dc.subjectLegal Theoryen_US
dc.subjectPolitical Theoryen_US
dc.subjectReconciliationen_US
dc.subjectResurgenceen_US
dc.subjectMutual Aiden_US
dc.subjectAadizookaananen_US
dc.subjectComparative Legalityen_US
dc.subjectAnishinaabe Eldersen_US
dc.subjectAnishinaabeen_US
dc.subjectInaakonigewinen_US
dc.subjectTreatyen_US
dc.subjectColonialismen_US
dc.subjectGift Societiesen_US
dc.subjectEarth Constitutionalismen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous Legal Traditionsen_US
dc.subjectAnishinaabe Lawen_US
dc.subjectAnishinaabe Worldviewen_US
dc.subjectMiinigowiziwinen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous Legal Theoryen_US
dc.subjectLegal Pluralismen_US
dc.subjectCanadian Liberalismen_US
dc.subjectComparative Lawen_US
dc.subjectLegal Anthropologyen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous Studiesen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous Philosophyen_US
dc.subjectCommunity-based Researchen_US
dc.subjectDecolonizationen_US
dc.subjectCanadian Colonialismen_US
dc.titleMiinigowiziwin: all that has been given for living well together: one vision of Anishinaabe constitutionalismen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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