This article conducts a simple comparative analysis between Marxist theory and what is known in the extant literature about Huron government and governance at the village level. This is done to try to understand whether the Huron, prior to European contact, had a form of socialism.

The Waikato River is an important New Zealand waterway with a long history of people making claims to it, including Treaty of Waitangi claims by Māori for guardianship and ownership rights. The claims process has most recently culminated in Waikato-Tainui and the Crown signing a 2009 Deed of Settlement for the river.

This article briefly defines mo‘okū‘auhau (genealogy) and acknowledges other Kanaka Maoli (native Hawaiian) academics that have prioritized the Hawaiian value and importance of genealogy, both traditionally and contemporarily.

Indigenous knowledge (IK) has become a popular subject in the last decade. IK has been recognized by global institutions as a valuable source for scientific innovation and significant in promoting development for poorer communities. However, little attention has been paid to how communities themselves particularly conceptualize IK and how they situate this knowledge in everyday life context.

Pain is subjective and is therefore a complex and difficult health issue to address. In-depth understanding is required for improvements to be made in how it is managed. Research suggests that culture plays a role in pain experiences, but very little such research has been conducted in Aotearoa (New Zealand).

This article is less an attempt to answer the question of what it means to be a “real” Indian than an examination of the question itself.

This paper extends recent work in the geography of youth and childhood with an exploration of the ways that indigenous Māori teenagers who have grown up in regional tribal environments deploy land narratives as they construct a range of fluid socio-spatial cultural identities.

This paper argues that ethnic language retention is core to the productivity of ethnic minorities. The decline of ethnic languages such as the Samoan language in New Zealand signals a loss that poses a serious threat to the wellbeing and productivity of Samoans in New Zealand. The Samoan language is under serious threat in New Zealand.

Urbanization creates impervious surfaces which reduce natural hydrologic functions and result in channel erosion, loss of property and habitat degradation. Sustainable design and management adopts a more holistic approach to conventional methods.

Author: 

Mason Durie

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Reviewed by Wally Penetito

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2011

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Huia

Ngā tini whetū: Navigating Māori futures. Durie, M. (2011). Wellington, New Zealand: Huia. 456 pp. ISBN 978-1-86969-452-4.

Author: 

M. Moura-Koçuğlu

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Reviewed by Chris Prentice

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2011

Publisher: 

Rodopi

Narrating indigenous modernities: Transcultural dimensions in contemporary Māori literature. Moura-Koçuğlu, M. (2011). Cross/Cultures 141. Amsterdam, the Netherlands & New York, NY: Rodopi. 298 pp. ISBN 978-90-420-3410-5.

Author: 

Kim Anderson

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Reviewed by JoLee Blackbear

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2011

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University of Manitoba Press

Life stages and native women: Memory, teachings, and story medicine. Anderson, K. (2011). Winnipeg, Canada: University of Manitoba Press. 210 pp. ISBN 978-0-88755-726-2.

Author: 

Rose Stremlau

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Reviewed by Amy Bergseth

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2011

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UNC Press

Sustaining the Cherokee family: Kinship and the allotment of an indigenous nation. Stremlau, R. (2011). Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press. 320 pp. ISBN 9780807872048.