Indigenous sovereignty, settler colonialism, and the thirty meter telescope (Part II)

In this episode, Larissa and Dr. Uahikea Maile pick up where they left off in the previous episode, and discuss the failures of state-centred Indigenous (re)conciliation and what needs to change in order for Indigenous rights and sovereignty to be recognized. They speak about how state-centred acts of (re)conciliation perpetuate Eurocentric understands of Indigenous life, violence, and genocide, which ultimately conceal ongoing acts of colonialism and neglect to acknowledge Indigenous-led, bottom-up approaches to healing. Using Canada, Dr. Maile shows how Canadian institutions and rules are steeped in colonialism, and thus, pushing to the forefront Indigenous sovereignty necessitates fundamental restructuring of legal and political institutions.