2nd Edition

Indigenous Statistics From Data Deficits to Data Sovereignty

174 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

174 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This second edition of the groundbreaking Indigenous Statistics opens up a major new approach to research across the disciplines and applied fields. While qualitative methods have been rigorously critiqued and reformulated, the population statistics relied on by virtually all research on Indigenous Peoples continue to be taken for granted as straightforward, transparent numbers. Drawing on a... Read more

Chapter 1       Introduction

                        Maggie Walter, Chris Andersen, Tahu Kukutai and Chelsea Gabel

Chapter 2       A decade of data revolutions: Big data and Indigenous Data Sovereignty

                       Maggie Walter, Chris Andersen and Tahu Kukutai

Chapter 3       The statistical field, writ Indigenous

                        Chris Andersen

Chapter 4       Statistics and the neo-colonial alliance: "Seeing" the indigene

                        Maggie Walter

Chapter 5       Beyond colonial constructs: The promise of Indigenous statistics

                        Tahu Kukutai

Chapter 6       Statistics, stigmatization and stereotyping: The importance of authentic partnering and community engagement to validate Indigenous statistical research

                        Chelsea Gabel

Chapter 7       Métis population data in Canada: A conceptual case study

                        Chris Andersen and Chelsea Gabel

Chapter 8       "Fixing" the figures: Tribal data in the Aotearoa New Zealand 2018 Census

                        Tahu Kukutai

Chapter 9       Doing Indigenous statistics in Australia: The racial burden of disregard

                        Maggie Walter

Biography

Chris Andersen is Michif (Métis), from the parkland region of Saskatchewan. He is the dean of the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta, Canada.

Maggie Walter (PhD; FASSA) is Palawa and Distinguished Professor of Sociology (Emerita) at the University of Tasmania, Australia.

Tahu Kukutai (Ngāti Tiipa, Ngāti Māhanga, Ngāti Kinohaku, Te Aupōuri) is Professor of Demography at Te Ngira Institute for Population Research, The University of Waikato, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Chelsea Gabel is Métis from Rivers, Manitoba, and a citizen of the Manitoba Métis Federation. She is an associate professor in the Indigenous Studies Department and the Department of Health, Aging and Society at McMaster University, Canada.