Working Papers
Art as an Epistemic Tool for Indigenous Sovereignty
How can art support Indigenous knowledge-making and sovereignty while remaining governed by the communities whose lives and knowledge are involved?
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Working Papers
People-Rooted Sovereignty Under Constraint: Indigenous Self-Government, Relational Answerability, and the Refusal of Domination
How can a people retain political authority when the conditions for exercising it have been constrained, damaged, or appropriated?
Working Papers
People-Rooted Sovereignty: Definition and Guardrails
A dated framework for people-rooted authority, accountable governance, and sovereignty under constraint, with guardrails against capture and domination.
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After Return: Why Capacity Does Not Create Authority in Indigenous Repatriation
Capacity does not create authority. An institution may have greater resources or expertise, but that does not give it the right to decide what happens to Indigenous heritage.