Divided Power

Emily Grafton grew up primarily in Winnipeg and studied political science and women's studies at the University of Winnipeg. Grafton received a masters in public administration (University of Manitoba) and subsequently worked in provincial politics at the Manitoba Legislative Assembly. While pursuing a PhD in Native Studies (University of Manitoba), she worked for the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, the Newberry Consortium of American Indian Studies and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. In these roles, Grafton was trained in decolonial politics and Indigenous-centred research. A descendent of the Métis, Grafton's family life and scholarship have been shaped by these politics of settler-based dispossession. As an associate professor of politics and international studies at the University of Regina, Grafton teaches courses on Indigenous rights, reconciliation, feminism and gender politics, international relations, and Canadian government. Her research program is community-driven, and she works with local non-profits in Regina. She is the faculty lead for the Saskatchewan Electoral Parity Project and is a member of the Canadian Political Science Association’s Board and Reconciliation Committee. She lives in Regina with her husband and two children.

• Preface: : The Location of Indigenous Self in Settler Colonial CanadaIntroduction: : How Do Settler Colonial Narratives of Canadian Federalism Circumvent Indigenous Peoples’ Agency?Chapter One: : Narratives of Settler ColonialismChapter Two: : The Settler Colonial Narrative of Canadian Federalism and the ConstitutionChapter Three: : Evolving Canadian Federalism and Implications for Indigenous Peoples’ AgencyChapter Four: : Beyond Settler Colonial FederalismConclusion:: Settler Colonial Narratives of Canadian Federalism Circumvent Indigenous Peoples’ Agency

“Emily Grafton explores Canadian federalism – not the usual division of powers between the federal and provincial governments, but between the colonized and the colonizer. Federalism, Grafton argues, was informed by Indigenous political frameworks but has been torqued by colonial assumptions about Indigenous inferiority so as to require colonial dominance and Indigenous subordination. This book is a useful antidote to the complacent endorsement of the settler state status quo, so prevalent in scholarship and in politics.”