Aboriginal peoples in North American and euro‐north American leisure

Abstract

The intersection of Euro‐North American leisure and recreation with the cultures and practices of Aboriginal peoples in North America has received scant attention in academic literature about leisure. Given the importance of leisure in the modern world, the numerous declarations and propositions that leisure is important to the health and well‐being of Aboriginal peoples in North America, the political interconnections of parks, natural resources and Aboriginal sovereignty and land rights, and the potential for commodification, appropriation, and reproduction of colonialistic and imperialistic forces within Euro‐North American leisure, this oversight is troublesome. In the following discussion, I extend, develop, and add to earlier calls for more research, scholarship, and reflection about the intersection of Aboriginal peoples and Euro‐North American leisure. In addition, I explore issues identified by Indigenous peoples and scholars as relevant to the intersection and research about, by, for, and with Aboriginal peoples.