The author argues for the reconciliation
of Indigenous women's rights based
advocacy (which primarily aims to heal
gender injustice) and Indigenous nations
rights-based advocacy (which primarily
aims to protect cultural distinction)
through an Indigenous 'self-determination'
project grounded in human rights. This
project would consider women's concerns
and cultural flourishing to be coequal
priorities. The author argues that the
reconciliation of these disparate goals
requires a political shift toward critical
engagement with historical and