PROTECTING NOT PROTESTING: INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S EXPERIENCE, PERCEPTIONS, AND MOTIVATIONS OF LAND DEFENDING IN CANADA
Bibliographic record
Abstract
Indigenous people hold a respectful and reciprocal relationship with the land, which is central to their cultures and societies. However, the appropriation of traditional lands lies at the heart of settler colonialism. This has resulted in a prolonged struggle by Indigenous people and their allies against land dispossession for settler occupation and resource extraction that has shaped historical and contemporary Indigenous land defence movements. This research explores the experiences and challenges faced by Indigenous people who engage in land defence in Canada, focusing on their strategies, resilience and motivations in protecting the land. The study draws on Absolon’s (2010) Indigenous Wholistic Theory (IWT), visualized as a medicine wheel, to frame the interconnectedness of individual, family, community, nations, society, and creation. By using a combination of conversational method and narrative analysis, this qualitative research study captures the lived experiences of Indigenous people who engage in land defence, providing a comprehensive understanding of their interactions with colonial systems and law enforcement. Findings reveal that Indigenous land protectors often face extreme violence and criminalization from police, white community members, and the broader society, highlighting the ongoing colonial practices by the Canadian government. Despite these challenges, Indigenous people are motivated by cultural, spiritual, and communal responsibilities, striving for Mino-bimaadisiwin – living the good life. This research contributes to the academic discourse on Indigenous land defence by offering insights into Indigenous perspectives and the broader implications of their efforts. It calls for a shift beyond current public discourse, supporting Indigenous sovereignty and environmental protection. The findings of this study emphasize the need for continued dialogue and solidarity to foster a new narrative of understanding and support for Indigenous land defence initiatives.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.002 | 0.004 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.003 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.037 | 0.013 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.006 | 0.002 |
| Open science | 0.002 | 0.006 |
| Research integrity | 0.002 | 0.004 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.003 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".