CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

SETTLER CITY LIMITS

JULIE TOMIAK, TYLER MCCREARY, DAVID HUGILL, ROBERT HENRY, AND HEATHER DORRIES

PART ONE

LIFE AND DEATH

CHAPTER ONE

“WELCOME TO WINNIPEG”

MAKING SETTLER COLONIAL URBAN SPACE IN “CANADA’S MOST RACIST CITY”

HEATHER DORRIES

CHAPTER TWO

ANTI-INDIAN COMMON SENSE

BORDER TOWN VIOLENCE AND RESISTANCE IN MNI LUZAHAN

NICK ESTES

CHAPTER THREE

COMPARATIVE SETTLER COLONIAL URBANISMS

RACISM AND THE MAKING OF INNER-CITY WINNIPEG AND MINNEAPOLIS, 1940–1975

DAVID HUGILL

PART TWO

LAND AND POLITICS

CHAPTER FOUR

CONTESTED ENTITLEMENT

THE KAPYONG BARRACKS, TREATY RIGHTS, AND SETTLER COLONIALISM IN WINNIPEG

JULIE TOMIAK

CHAPTER FIVE

EXPERIMENTS IN REGIONAL SETTLER COLONIZATION

PURSUING JUSTICE AND PRODUCING SCALE THROUGH THE MONTANA STUDY

NICHOLAS BROWN

CHAPTER SIX

URBAN MÉTIS COMMUNITIES

THE POLITICS OF RECOGNITION, REFLEXIVITY, AND RELATIONALITY

TYLER MCCREARY IN DIALOGUE WITH CHRIS ANDERSEN, ADAM GAUDRY, AND BRENDA MACDOUGALL

PART THREE

POLICING AND SOCIAL CONTROL

CHAPTER SEVEN

POLICING RACIALIZED SPACES

ELIZABETH COMACK

CHAPTER EIGHT

CARE-TO-PRISON PIPELINE

INDIGENOUS CHILDREN IN TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY SETTLER COLONIAL ECONOMIES

MICHELLE STEWART AND COREY LA BERGE

CHAPTER NINE

“I CLAIM IN THE NAME OF . . . ”

INDIGENOUS STREET GANGS AND POLITICS OF RECOGNITION IN PRAIRIE CITIES

ROBERT HENRY

PART FOUR

CONTESTATION, RESISTANCE, SOLIDARITY

CHAPTER TEN

TALISI THROUGH THE LENS

LOCATING NATIVE TULSA IN THE FILMS OF STERLIN HARJO

LINDSEY CLAIRE SMITH

CHAPTER ELEVEN

LITTLE PARTITIONS ON THE PRAIRIES

MUSLIM IDENTITY AND SETTLER COLONIALISM IN SASKATCHEWAN

SHARMEEN KHAN

CHAPTER TWELVE

DECOLONIZING PRAIRIE PUBLIC ART

THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF THE NESS NAMEW

ZOE TODD

BIBLIOGRAPHY

CONTRIBUTORS

INDEX

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

It is becoming an increasingly common practice in Canada and in other settler countries to begin public events with a territorial acknowledgement that references the original Indigenous peoples of the land. Sometimes this includes a few words of thanks for their stewardship and/or hospitality. Although these acknowledgements trace their origins to Indigenous diplomatic protocols of respect and relationship building, today this practice often seems to be treated as a minor chore, with little thought given to the importance of the acknowledgement. As editors of a book that is concerned with how relations to territory are shaped by political forces, we feel it is important to reflect upon and acknowledge the peoples, territories, and relations that have made this book possible. To acknowledge people and place requires us to locate ourselves in relation to the peoples and places we write about.

As co-editors, we came together with a shared set of questions about the ways that Indigeneity and settler colonialism are theorized—or under-theorized—in urban studies. We recognize the history of and problems with extractive work done by outsiders to the Prairies. Scholars such as Vine Deloria Jr., Linda Tuhiwai Smith, and Margaret Kovach have called upon researchers to be accountable to communities. While some of us are currently outsiders to the region, most of us have a long history on the Prairies. For some of us this relates to ancestral connections to Indigenous communities, while others descend from settlers. We all share a conviction that not only are the Prairies an important place to understand settler colonialism and Indigenous resurgence, but that this work must be done in connection with people in the region. Throughout the development of this project, we have relied upon the guidance of numerous individuals and institutions located in the region, and we are grateful for the support they have provided. Of course, the responsibility for any shortcomings in this collection belongs to the editors alone.

This project began with a workshop, held at the University of Winnipeg in the fall of 2016. This event brought contributors to this collection together with a range of activists and Indigenous community leaders to talk about the relationships between settler colonialism and urban life. Mitch Bourbonniere, Michael Champagne, and Stan Tu’Inukuafe deepened these discussions by sharing their experiences of working with Indigenous communities in Winnipeg and Saskatoon. Erica Violet Lee generously participated in discussions about the design of the workshop, and we are indebted to her for the intellectual guidance she provided.

We are grateful to have had the support of a group of intelligent and intrepid conference assistants: Athena Bedassigae-Pheasant, Durdana Islam, Alissa Rappaport, Karine Martel, and Sarah Wood provided both organizational and intellectual support during and after the workshop. As the project progressed, a number of other individuals helped keep us on track. Jesika Allen and Elsa Hoover made maps to accompany the collection. Shaun Stevenson’s editorial skills and attention to detail were instrumental in the preparation of the manuscript. Émélie Desrochers Turgeon adeptly compiled the index. Jill McConkey, Glenn Bergen, and David Larsen at the University of Manitoba Press have been skilled and patient editors and publishers.

We are thankful for the financial and logistical support for this workshop provided by the following: the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council; Evelyn Peters, Canada Research Chair in Inner-City Issues, Community Learning, and Engagement at the University of Winnipeg; Jim Silver and the Department of Urban and Inner-City Studies at the University of Winnipeg; Bronwyn Dobchuk-Land; the Office of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and the Office of the Vice President, Research and Innovation at Ryerson University; the Faculty of Public Affairs at Carleton University; the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Carleton University; the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy at Florida State University; and the Department of Sociology at the University of Calgary.

This work began in Treaty One territory, in the territories of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation. It continued as the editors returned to their residences and workplaces across the continent in Seminole territory, Treaty Seven territory in the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi, and Dish with One Spoon Territory in the territories of the Algonquin, and the homelands of the Anishinaabeg, Mississaugas, and Haudenosaunee. It concluded with an editorial retreat in Dish with One Spoon Territory. A large network of people and territories sustained us as we completed this book. We are grateful for the support we have received from many directions and hope that this work, at least in some small way, acknowledges and honours those relations.