Sovereign bodies, sovereign spaces. Urban indigenous health activism in the United States and Australia

2025/08/20 by Paul Spoonley · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights

paper · doi:10.1080/01419870.2025.2530781

openalex publication_date 2025/08/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/15

Abstract

At the core of this book are three critical issues. The first are the impacts and injustices that indigenous communities face as a result of settler colonialism. The second concerns the particular ...

Discussions

• Maria Johns’ book exposes structural violence in Indigenous health care in the US & Australia, showing how settler colonialism denies sovereignty but also how health activism redefines it. Review by P [bsky, 1 points, 1 comments]

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