Taiaiake Alfred

Gerald Taiaiake Alfred is an author, educator and activist, born in Tiohtiá:ke (Montréal) in 1964.^[1] Alfred is an internationally recognized Kanien’kehaka intellectual, political advisor and he is currently a professor at the University of Victoria (UVic).^[1]

Alfred grew up in Kahnawake and received a B.A. in History from Concordia University, an M.A. and Ph.D. from Cornell University.^[1] He served in the US Marine Corps in the 1980s.^[1]

Alfred is the current director of the Indigenous Governance Program and was awarded a Canada Research Chair 2003-2007, in addition to a National Aboriginal Achievement Award in education.^[1]

Bibliography

Heeding the Voices of our Ancestors : Kahnawake Mohawk Politics and the Rise of Native Nationalism, Oxford University Press (Canada), 1999.
Peace, Power, Righteousness : an Indigenous manifesto, Oxford University Press (Canada), 1999.
Wasáse: Indigenous Pathways of Action and Freedom, Peterborough: Broadview Press, 2005.
Peace, Power, Righteousness : an Indigenous manifesto, 2nd Ed., Oxford University Press (Canada), 2009.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Faculty Page of the Indigenous Governance Program, Department of Political Science, University of Victoria

External links

Personal web site of Taiaiake Alfred

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