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For decades, Indigenous feminists have documented how colonization and hetero-normative patriarchy have eroded, erased, and eclipsed Indigenous women, Two-Spirit, queer, and feminine men’s contributions to land governance, cultural transmission of knowledge, and keepers of practices and protocol for living in reciprocal relationship with all of creation. We also know that within patriarchal systems, nature is conflated with the feminine as something which can be controlled and from which resources can be extracted without consent or concern for the short- and long-term impacts. Indigenous feminists have provided unequivocal evidence that we cannot solve the current climate crisis without addressing the fundamental problems of colonization and patriarchy. In this episode, Hōkū and Heather sit down with Dr. Gina Starblanket, associate professor in the School of Indigenous Governance, to talk about Making Space for Indigenous Feminisms, the third volume of this important series. As editor, Gina assumed responsibility of caring for and moving this series forward from her mentor Joyce Green. The volume is an intergenerational conversation among Indigenous feminists about the current state of the field and visions for the future.
Dr. Gina Starblanket is Cree and Saulteaux and a member of the Star Blanket Cree Nation in Treaty 4 territory. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Victoria in the School of Indigenous Governance, where her work focuses on Indigenous political life, decolonization, Indigenous feminisms, treaty implementation, and relationality.
This podcast is created by the Impact Chair in Transformative Governance for Planetary Health at the University of Victoria, with production support from Cited Media. We are supported by a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. You can find us at https://indigenousplanetaryhealth.ca/
