Beyond binaries: mixed-blood Indigenous inequalities. (June 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dicks, Heather
• Is Part Of: Alternative. Volume 19:issue 2(2023)
• Page Start: 261
• Page End: 270
• Publication Date: 2023-06
• Subjects: Canada -- Indian status -- Indigenous -- inequality -- Métis -- mixed-blood; Indigenous peoples -- Periodicals; Maori (New Zealand people) -- Periodicals; 305.8005
• DOI: 10.1177/11771801231167654
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1177-1801

Abstract

This article explores existing research related to mixed-blood Indigenous individuals in an effort to reveal a more complete picture of social inequality that exists within and between the binary categorization of Indigenous and non-Indigenous within Canada. Tracing a line through past and present discriminatory assimilationist policies, this article reveals the pervasive challenges associated with living as a mixed-blood Indigenous person in this country. Marked by a perpetual struggle to gain recognition from both Indigenous and settler populations, individuals living within this marginal identity face a structure of inequality that is little explored in contemporary research literature.