Beyond the Border: Buffalo and Blackfoot Tenure on Traditional Territories

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dc.contributor.advisorLunstrum, Elizabeth M.
dc.contributor.authorVan Beek, Shoukia
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-11T12:35:19Z
dc.date.available2020-08-11T12:35:19Z
dc.date.copyright2019-12
dc.date.issued2020-08-11
dc.date.updated2020-08-11T12:35:18Z
dc.degree.disciplineGeography
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThe international US-Canada border divides and dissects the ancestral territory of the Siksikaitsitapi Indigenous nations. This thesis examines Siksikaitsitapi experiences of the border as a settler-colonial method of containment and their resistance to these processes through the reintroduction of the buffalo. The reintroduction of the buffalo to Siksikaitsitapi territory represents Siksikaitsitapi worldviews and relationship to the lands which extend across and beyond the imposed border. The buffalo are powerful within Siksikaitsitapi ways of knowing, and their return signifies a resilience in a host of sacred, social, cultural, and traditional principles that underpin Siksikaitsitapi life. This study shows that through the cross-border movement of the free-roaming buffalo, the Siksikaitsitapi are asserting their ongoing presence, relationship to the land, and sovereignty by using Indigenous-led conservation to challenge the divisive nature of the border. This research highlights how Siksikaitsitapi thought and worldviews are continuous and offer a sustainable and meaningful practice for conservation governance.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/37666
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectWildlife conservation
dc.subject.keywordsGeography
dc.subject.keywordsHuman geography
dc.subject.keywordsPolitical ecology
dc.subject.keywordsIndigenous sovereignty
dc.subject.keywordsIndigenous studies
dc.subject.keywordsIndigenous theory
dc.subject.keywordsIndigenous ontology
dc.subject.keywordsSettler colonialism
dc.subject.keywordsPolitics of refusal
dc.subject.keywordsBorders
dc.subject.keywordsBorder studies
dc.subject.keywordsParks
dc.subject.keywordsConservation
dc.subject.keywordsWildlife conservation
dc.subject.keywordsBuffalo conservation
dc.subject.keywordsIndigenous-led conservation
dc.subject.keywordsCollaborative conservation
dc.subject.keywordsBlackfoot
dc.subject.keywordsBlackfeet
dc.subject.keywordsSiksikaitsitapi
dc.subject.keywordsNiitsitapi
dc.subject.keywordsBlackfoot Confederacy
dc.subject.keywordsNorth America
dc.subject.keywordsCanada
dc.subject.keywordsUnited States
dc.subject.keywordsMontana
dc.subject.keywordsAlberta
dc.titleBeyond the Border: Buffalo and Blackfoot Tenure on Traditional Territories
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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