COVID-19 and Indigenous resilience

Akuhata-Huntington, Zaine; Foster, Shannon; Gillon, Ashlea; Merito, Mamaeroa; Oliver, Lisa; Parata, Nohorua; Ualesi, Yvonne; Naepi, Sereana

doi:10.1080/07294360.2020.1823327

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“…Although this conversation is ongoing, more Māori and Pacific voices continue to emerge who scrutinise the New Zealand government's universalising message that all New Zealanders are 'in this together'. They assert that this is an erasive claim that ignores pre-existing health, educational and social inequities amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic (Akuhata-Huntington et al, 2020;Espiner, 2020;Mcleod et al, 2020;Thomsen 2020b). Furthermore, as Māori and Pacific learners in New Zealand face disproportionately higher barriers to success in university classrooms (Mayeda et al, 2014;Theodore et al, 2017;Theodore et al, 2018), the sudden and unprecedented shift into lockdown may have impacted their learning more severely than other students due to the digital divide, increased social and financial pressures and responsibilities, and possible workspace limitations in their home environment(s) (Fowler, 2015;Gibson, 2002).…”

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Practising Pacific pedagogies during New Zealand's level four lockdown: Pacific early career academics and COVID-19

Thomsen

Tuiburelevu

Keil

et al. 2021

WJE

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During New Zealand’s unprecedented level-four lockdown, opportunities to practise Pacific pedagogies in New Zealand universities required creative and innovative solutions from Pacific academics. This paper brings together the experiences of teaching during this lockdown from a cross-section of Pacific Early Career Academics (PECA) across a wide range of disciplines and schools at New Zealand’s largest university. This paper argues that despite the challenges, PECA found ways to adapt Pacific pedagogical concepts through online delivery methods; however, their ability to effectively do this was severely influenced by existing socio-economic inequities that disproportionately impacted Pacific students. PECA continued to nurture the vā/wā with students in innovative ways, but they still encountered major challenges that will require more careful consideration of equity issues by New Zealand universities moving forward.

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Practising Pacific pedagogies during New Zealand's level four lockdown: Pacific early career academics and COVID-19

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Keil

et al. 2021

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“…For example, Kasi and Saha ( 2021 ) and ILO ( 2020 ) report women are more vulnerable to sexual violence during lockdown periods. In contrast Akuhata-Huntington et al ( 2020 ) and Argumedo et al ( 2020 ) draw attention to the important role women play in holding and sharing traditional knowledge, making them a source of resilience during and post pandemic. Considering the extremes of these reports there is a need to apply a gender and intersectionality lens (Sultana 2021 ) to better understand the experience of Indigenous women during COVID-19.…”

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Indigenous peoples and the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic scoping review

Pickering

Galappaththi

Ford

et al. 2023

Environ. Res. Lett.

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Past influenza pandemics including the Spanish flu and H1N1 have disproportionately affected Indigenous peoples. We conducted a systematic scoping review to provide an overview of the state of understanding of the experience of Indigenous peoples during the first 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, in doing so we capture the state of knowledge available to governments and decision makers for addressing the needs of Indigenous peoples in these early months of the pandemic. We addressed three questions: (i) How is COVID-19 impacting the health and livelihoods of Indigenous peoples, (ii) What systems level challenges are Indigenous peoples experiencing, (iii) How are Indigenous peoples responding? We searched Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed databases and UN organization websites for publications about Indigenous peoples and COVID-19. Results were analysed using descriptive statistics and content analysis. A total of 153 publications were included: 140 peer-reviewed articles and 13 from UN organizations. Editorial/commentaries were the most (43%) frequent type of publication. Analysis identified Indigenous peoples from 19 different countries, although 56% of publications were centred upon those in Brazil, United States, and Canada. The majority (90%) of articles focused upon the general adult population, few (< 2%) used a gender lens. A small number of articles documented COVID-19 testing (0.04%), incidence (18%), or mortality (16%). Five themes of system level challenges affecting exposure and livelihoods evolved: ecological, poverty, communication, education and health care services. Responses were formal and informal strategies from governments, Indigenous organizations and communities. A lack of ethnically disaggregated health data and a gender lens are constraining our knowledge, which is clustered around a limited number of Indigenous peoples in mostly high-income countries. Many Indigenous peoples have autonomously implemented their own coping strategies while government responses have been largely reactive and inadequate. To “build back better” we must address these knowledge gaps.

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“…Underlying these pre-existing burdens of drug, alcohol, and physical abuse are the experiences and legacy of colonialism, including intergenerational and ongoing traumas associated with the Indian Residential Schools. These have been further exacerbated in the COVID-19 context (Akuhata-Huntington et al, 2020).…”

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The health impacts of social distancing among Indigenous People in Ontario during the first wave of COVID-19

Richmond¹,

Reitmeier²,

Big-Canoe³

et al. 2022

IJIH

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Among Indigenous People in Canada and around the world, the health impacts of COVID-19 have been measured largely through biological, social, and psychological impacts. Our study draws from a relational concept of health to examines two objectives: 1) how social distancing protocols have shaped Indigenous connections with self, family, wider community, and nature; and 2) to exploring what these changing relationships mean for perceptions of health. Carried out by an Indigenous team of scholars, community activists and students, this research draws from a decolonizing methodology and qualitative interviews (n=16) with Indigenous health and social care providers in urban and reserve settings. Our results illustrate a considerable decline in interpersonal connections, such as with family, community organizations, and larger social networks, as a result of social distancing. Among those already vulnerable, underlying health, social, and economic inequities have been exacerbated. While the health impacts of COVID-19 have been overwhelmingly negative, participants noted the importance of this time for self-reflection and reconnection of human-kind and with mother earth. This paper offers an alternative perspective to popularized views of Indigenous experiences of COVID-19 as they relate to vulnerability and resilience.

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COVID-19 and Indigenous resilience

Cited by 16 publications

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Practising Pacific pedagogies during New Zealand's level four lockdown: Pacific early career academics and COVID-19

Practising Pacific pedagogies during New Zealand's level four lockdown: Pacific early career academics and COVID-19

Indigenous peoples and the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic scoping review

The health impacts of social distancing among Indigenous People in Ontario during the first wave of COVID-19

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