Beyond Justice: What Makes an Indigenous Justice Organization?

Abstract

The data from a longitudinal study of seven Indigenous justice service organizations in four colonized countries were analyzed to identify the characteristics that made them "Indigenous." Although nine common organizational characteristics emerged, of these, four are essential and specific to Indigenous organizations (dependency on Indigenous stakeholders, inc orporation of Indigeno us values and practices, Indigeno us organizational governance, and support for Indigenous self-determination) and are framed by a fifth (colonia l socio-environmental) which is also constitutive but not specific to Indigeno us organiz ations. Through their services, values and operations, Indigenous organizations are deeply embedded in the reconstruction of the reality of Indigenous/non-Indigenous relations.

Reflections on Decolonization and X_aaydaG_a Tll Yahda TllG_uhlG_a: a Haida Justice System

“…Of note, these initiatives are not akin to restorative justice (RJ) which often co-opt various pan-indigenized aspects of indigeneity (see : Friedland, 2014;McGuire & Palys, 2020;Tauri, 2016). A variety of Nation-based justice programmes are being reimagined and revitalized and these programmes differ considerably just as Indigenous Nations do (Monture-Okanee, 1994;Nielsen & Brown, 2012). The present paper focuses on Tll yahda (making things right) -justice, within a Haida context.…”