It& #39;s #NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay. So I want to highlight some of the readings I use to talk about Indigenous perspectives of International Relations, especially as they touch on sovereignty. (I owe a huge debt to Heather Dorries at UofT for assistance with this list.)

This is a great explainer by Joanne Barker (2005) of how the concept of "sovereignty" has been used to dispossess Indigenous peoples of their territory, especially in court cases:
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This piece by Mary Simon (2009) was written in the context of Harper& #39;s push for Canada& #39;s Arctic power. She notes that sovereignty for the Inuit means being able to live lives of full dignity with health care and education. https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/abs/10.3138/jcs.43.2.250?journalCode=jcs">https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/abs/1... (gated unfortunately)

This piece by Mark Pearcey looks at the "Standards of Civilization" argument through Chief Levi General& #39;s diplomatic mission to the League of Nations on behalf of the Six Nations to advocate for their rights. (also gated) https://academic.oup.com/isr/article-abstract/17/3/441/1822121">https://academic.oup.com/isr/artic...

And I also recommend the work of @Hayden_King (2017) on "The erasure of Indigenous thought in foreign policy”. Available here: https://www.opencanada.org/features/erasure-indigenous-thought-foreign-policy/">https://www.opencanada.org/features/...

This is such a small list and I know there is more out there. But I just wanted to take a moment to share some of the work that challenges my assumptions and pushes me to have a wider view of ideas like "sovereignty".