Chance Finegan

Source Publication FACETS. 6(2021): 665-685. Abstract Both the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) explicitly emphasized the role of educators in “reconciliation.” Alongside this, conservation practitioners are increasingly interacting with Indigenous Peoples in various ways, such as in the creation and support of Indigenous protected areas and (or) guardian programs.

Introduction Settler-colonialism is the broad, ongoing power structure, predicated in part on the Doctrine of Discovery, that underpins contemporary Canada. In settler states such as Canada, non-Indigenous persons seek the erasure, through land appropriation, assimilation, oppression, discrimination, or even outright killing, of Indigenous Peoples. These practices are deeply connected with Canadian natural resource extraction and conservation practice (Sandlos 2007; Miller et al.