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Indigenous Feminist Gikendaasowin (Knowledge)

Decolonization through Physical Activity

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Help to inform global policies on sport, physical activity, health and wellbeing pertaining to Indigenous women
  • Views decolonial physical activity as a meaningful way to address embodied settler colonialism and contribute to Indigenous health research and Indigenous feminist theorizing
  • Showcases how Indigenous knowledge offers a comprehensive and expansive intellectual approach to decolonization through physical activity

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Introduction

    • Tricia McGuire-Adams
    Pages 1-29
  3. Relational Accountability to our Ancestors

    • Tricia McGuire-Adams
    Pages 45-62
  4. Women’s Stories of Decolonized Physical Activity

    • Tricia McGuire-Adams
    Pages 63-81
  5. Oshki-Michitweg or New Runners

    • Tricia McGuire-Adams
    Pages 83-97
  6. Conclusion

    • Tricia McGuire-Adams
    Pages 147-162
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 163-168

About this book

This book presents knowledge from Indigenous women who enact decolonization and wellbeing through physical activity.  In sport, physical activity, and health disciplines, there is a significant need for Indigenous women’s theoretical and methodological perspectives. While much research is published from a Western perspective on Indigenous peoples’ health, sport, and physical activity, less is known from Indigenous feminist and community perspectives. The chapters therefore inform the broader sociology of sport and Indigenous feminist fields on Indigenous cultural perspectives of physical activity.



Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

    Tricia McGuire-Adams

About the author

Tricia McGuire-Adams is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa, and Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport and Recreation at the University of Alberta, Canada. She is an Anishinaabek researcher from Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Ganandawisiwin (Good Health) Sovereignties.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Indigenous Feminist Gikendaasowin (Knowledge)

  • Book Subtitle: Decolonization through Physical Activity

  • Authors: Tricia McGuire-Adams

  • Series Title: New Femininities in Digital, Physical and Sporting Cultures

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56806-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56805-4Published: 21 November 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56808-5Published: 21 November 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-56806-1Published: 20 November 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2522-0330

  • Series E-ISSN: 2522-0349

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 168

  • Topics: Gender Studies, Sociology, general, Imperialism and Colonialism

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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