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AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples is an internationally peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal published continuously online as well as in quarterly print issues. AlterNative publishes scholarly research on Indigenous worldviews and experiences of decolonization from Indigenous perspectives from around the world. AlterNative provides the latest thinking and practice in Indigenous scholarship and has become the leading source for scholarship by Indigenous peoples and for those working alongside and with Indigenous communities. View full journal description

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Indigenous facilitators raising awareness about colonialism within settler colonies: tensions and ambivalence

  • Kai Handfield
  • Thomas Delawarde-Saïas
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From where we stand: Pacific oral research

  • Sereana Naepi
  • Tamasailau Suaalii-Sauni
  • David Taufui Mikato Fa’avae
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Poipoia te kākano kia puāwai: Māori perceptions of rolled tobacco harm

  • Lizzie Strickett (Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Ruamahue)
  • Maria Ngawati (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Whakaue)
  • Georgia McCarty (Tainui)
  • Felicity Ware (Ngāpuhi)
  • Andrew Waa (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine)
  • Janet Hoek
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Indigenous relationality: definitions and methods

  • Matt Wildcat
  • Daniel Voth
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“Indigenous sovereignty” and right to self-determination in international law: a critical appraisal

  • Rashwet Shrinkhal
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Decolonizing education: advancing Indigenous student success through culturally responsive practices in Ontario

  • Joel Nicholas Persaud
  • Kaitlin Wannamaker
  • Kieran Stark
  • Chase Lambert
  • Cadence Harrison
  • Nicholas Keller
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Indigenous relationality: definitions and methods

  • Matt Wildcat
  • Daniel Voth
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Indigenous Elder-centered methodology: research that decolonizes and indigenizes

  • Maria C Crouch (Deg Hit’an, Coahuiltecan)
  • Steffi M Kim
  • Zayla Asquith-Heinz
  • Elyse Decker
  • Nyché T Andrew (Yup’ik, Inupiaq)
  • Jordon P Lewis (Aleut)
  • Rosellen M Rosich
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Responding to Climate Change: Indigenous knowledge lessons from Nigerian root and tuber farmers

  • Bolanle Susan Olaniyan
  • Nadaraj Govender
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Etuaptmumk (Two-Eyed Seeing) in Nature’s Way-Our Way: braiding physical literacy and risky play through Indigenous games, activities, cultural connections, and traditional teachings

  • Kathryn Riley
  • Amanda Froehlich Chow
  • Kathleen Wahpepah
  • M Louise Humbert
  • Mariana Brussoni
  • Natalie Houser
  • Marta C Erlandson
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