Indigenous Ceremonial Peacemaking: The Restoration of Balance and Harmony

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Author(s): Polly O. Walker (Juniata College, USA)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 21
Source title: Handbook of Research on Promoting Peace Through Practice, Academia, and the Arts
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Mohamed Walid Lutfy (London School of Economics, UK)and Cris Toffolo (Northeastern Illinois University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3001-5.ch015

Keywords: Civic Engagement & Social Justice / Ethics and Social Responsibility / Information Science Reference / Social Sciences & Humanities

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This chapter explores Indigenous conceptualizations of peace, focusing on some Native American, First Nations, Native Hawaiian, and Australian Aboriginal approaches, with an emphasis on peacemaking ceremonies. The author articulates some of the central tenets of Indigenous paradigms and explains how these shape historical and contemporary peacemaking, both among Indigenous peoples and between Indigenous and Western peoples. The ways in which colonialism has impacted Indigenous peacemaking are also explored, along with examples of the resilience of Indigenous approaches to peace. Finally, the chapter proposes ways in which “collaborations of integrity” have transformed contemporary conflicts by re-centering Indigenous peacemaking processes.

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