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In This Book
Part 1 groups together articles dealing with colonization and some of the realities of Indigenous peoples’ lives.
Part II is devoted to articles that focus on relationships and Indigenous traditional justice responses.
Part III contains articles that examine decolonization and Indigenous reclamation of justice as healing.
This exciting new book will be of value to academics, scholars, practitioners and community members interested in traditional Indigenous justice healing ways.
“The articles in Justice As Healing: Indigenous Ways can be likened to a stream-bed formed by the writers’ uniquely rich experiences, perspectives, and histories. It is just as sharp-edged or worn and varied in proportion and hue. The intellectual water that runs over and through this bed becomes clearer and wiser, much the same as the emerging discourse about justice and Indigenous peoples. All of the voices in the discourse serve to strengthen it – including those that are analytical, contradictory, angry, suffering, conflicted, and hopeful. We have much to learn from one another and much to teach, and in this way, our work becomes clarified and life-giving for future generations. This book contains many voices, diverse experiences, and much wisdom. Justice As Healing will continue to be a rich and rewarding stream for years to come.”
–Val Napoleon, Assistant Professor, LL.B., Ph.D. candidate (Vic)
Cree, Saulteaux, and Dunneza Heritage and adopted member of the
Gitanyow (Gitksan) House of Luuxhon, Ganeda (Frog) Clan.
“Well conceived and brilliantly written by people who know what they are talking about, Justice As Healing shows us that our responsibilities are not about control and supremacy but, rather, about how to value our lives and make them whole. This book is critical reading for the whole world of activists and scholars who are worried about the outcomes of brutal colonization of past centuries, and want to act on their own most fundamental right to determine their own destinies.”
–Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, Professor Emerita, EWU, Cheney, WA
Enrolled Member: Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, Ft. Thompson, SD
“For too long, restorative justice has been primarily articulated and interpreted by Anglos (like me). For too long, Indigenous understandings of justice have been interpreted by outsiders. For far too long the justice discourse has been dominated by the majority culture. Justice As Healing begins to right the balance through a chorus of voices from within indigenous communities in North America and New Zealand: eloquent voices that, despite their diversity, present a remarkable coherence.”
–Howard Zehr, author of Changing Lenses
Called “the grandfather of restorative justice”
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