Lunch & Learn with the Indigenous Research Network and Ziibiing Lab: Returning to Relationality in the Study of Indigenous Political Orders by Gina Starblanket – Apr. 17, 2026

Session Description

Returning to Relationality in the Study of Indigenous Political Orders
The rise of an Indigenous politics subfield within Political Science has been accompanied by increased engagement with Indigenous peoples’ own intellectual traditions and worldviews, with particular interest in their relational character. This talk offers critical provocations around the return to relationality in analyses of Indigenous governance, with a focus on the importance of Indigenous feminist and queer interventions today.