Justice As Healing: Indigenous Ways

ISBN: 0972188614

Author: Wanda D. McCaslin

Condition: New

Restorative justice traces its roots to Indigenous traditions worldwide, yet few books in the field present Indigenous voices speaking directly about Native ways of responding to harms. Justice As Healing: Indigenous Ways does just that. It is a collection of articles from the Justice As Healing newsletter produced by the Native Law Centre of Canada at the University of Saskatchewan. Drawing on a decade of Native writing on restorative justice and on community-based, healing responses to conflicts and crimes, this substantive book features forty-five articles from community members, scholars, judges, lawyers, and Elders, most of whom are Indigenous.Some of the featured contributors include:S James Anaya, professor of Human Rights Law and Policy at the University of Arizona and Associate Justice for the Court of Appeals of the Yavapai-Prescott Indian TribeEdward Benton Banai, Wisconsin Ojibway of the Fish Clan and a spiritual teacher of the Lac Court Orielles Band of the Ojibway TribeGeorge Blue Bird, Lakota language speaker, writer and artistWilliam Commanda, traditional Algonquin Elder from Kitigan Zibi, Quebec and respected spokesperson and spiritual leader at national and international gatheringsErica-Irene A. Daes, a Greek, chair of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous PopulationsJames Sakej Youngblood Henderson, Chickasaw, a leading tribal philosopher, advocate, and strategist for North American Native PeoplesBria Huculak, Provincial Court Judge of SaskatchewanAda Pecos Melton, enrolled member of the Pueblo of Jemez in New Mexico, president of the American Indian Development AssociatesTed Moses, Grand Chief of the Grand Council of the Crees and former Cree Ambassador to the United NationsNin Tomas, a senior Maori academic and member of the faculty of law at the University of AucklandEdward C. Valandra, Sincangu Lakota, author and assistant professor in the Native Studies department at the University of California DavisChief Justice Robert Yazzie (retired) of the Supreme Court of the Navaho Nation