Indigenous Intellectual Property: An Interrupted Intergenerational Conversation

Indigenous Intellectual Property: An Interrupted Intergenerational ConversationHistorically, Indigenous artistic, cultural, and societal expression has been identified and examined within Canadian or international legal regimes. This book identifies Indigenous intellectual property concerns as an Indigenous legal issue to be taken seriously within specific Indigenous legal orders. Indigenous Intellectual Property opens up complex discussions about existing Indigenous intellectual property law, and avoids the tendency to

She visits a métis camp

Determined to control their creative vision and maintain their cultural identity

assimilate them into non-Native society

We come from stardust / our bodies made of ancient elements

This volume combines an array of literature with illuminating interviews

the guilty were glorified and the laws for humanity disgraced

Angelique Renville (1845–1876) initially learned traditional Dakota ways of life from her relatives while navigating the complex multi-cultural world of the declining fur trade

Initially resistant and longing for the comforts of home

Then at the age of 53

A Short History of the Blockade reveals how the practice of telling stories is also a culture of listening

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee argues that Native American culture is far from defeated--if anything

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