Sustaining Solidarity

Lynne Davis is a settler Canadian who has researched and taught in the areas of Indigenous-settler alliance-building and transforming settler consciousness. She is Professor Emerita at the Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies at Trent University. Jeffrey S. Denis is a settler Canadian who studies the social psychology of racism and colonialism, Indigenous-settler alliances, and social change. He is Associate Professor of Sociology at McMaster University. Chris Hiller is a settler Canadian who studies Indigenous-settler alliance-building, pedagogies for transforming settler consciousness, critical and anti-colonial social work, and social movements towards decolonization. Chris is an Assistant Professor in Social Development Studies at Renison University College, affiliated with the University of Waterloo. D. Memee Lavell-Harvard is Anishinaabe-kwe from Wiikwemkoong First Nation. She is the Director of First Peoples House at Trent University. She is past president of the Native Women's Association of Canada and also the Ontario Native Women's Association.

Acknowledgements First Words Chapter 1. Alliances for the Long Haul Chapter 2. The Right to Belong: Our Journey to End Sex Discrimination in the Indian Act Chapter 3. Freedom Road: Shoal Lake 40 First Nation's Campaign for Clean Water and Road Access Chapter 4. KAIROS: A Complicated Work of Heart and Spirit Chapter 5. Sinews of Solidarity: The Connective Tissue of Long-Term Alliances Appendix A. Our Research Approach Appendix B. Indigenous-Settler Alliance-Building Literature Appendix C. Framing Alliances: Indigenous Human Rights and Reconciliation Notes Bibliography Index