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Introduction: Prioritizing Indigenous Perspectives and Voices in Collaborative Governance
Michèle Companion and Jason D. Rivera

Part I: Overarching Considerations for Indigenous Collaborative Governance and Social Equity

Chapter 1. Public Administration and Intergovernmental Collaboration with and for Indigenous Communities: Pushing a More Equitable Governance Paradigm
Jason D. Rivera

Chapter 2. Developing Research and Project-based Partnerships with Indigenous Communities
Michèle Companion and Jason D. Rivera

Chapter 3. Indigenous Digital Governance: Principles and Practices for Self-Determination and Equity
Diane E. Smith

Part II: National Level Topical Issues—Expanding Sovereignty and Governmental Collaboration

Chapter 4. Engaging Sacred Wisdom in Public Administration: Everyday Practices of Tribal Governance in Indonesia
Budi Waluyo, Muhammad Syahrul Fuady, and Agus Sunarya Sulaeman

Chapter 5. Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: Opportunities Based onCollaborativeGovernance
Michèle Companion

Chapter 6. The Struggles around the Officialization of Mapuche Language and the Recognition of Indigenous Languages in Chile
Salvador Millaleo

Chapter 7. Enhancing Collaboration for Effective Tribal Hazard Mitigation: A Comparative Case Study of Indigenous Nations in the Northwest United States
Oluponmile Olonilua and John Aliu

Chapter 8. Indigenous Student Internships: Advancing Social Equity in Higher Education in the United States
Susan E. Baer, Angela M. Mai, Victor Ferreros, and Daniel Hajdo

Part III: State, Provisional, and Local Case Studies

Chapter 9. Fueled by Conflict: Intergovernmental Relations on the Oneida Reservation
Rebecca Webster

Chapter 10. From Sunrise to Moonfall: Allyship Construction and the Kaingáng People of Sub-Amazonian Brazil
Darren R. Reid, Leonel Piovezana, Claudia Battestin, and Kaingáng Collaborators

Chapter 11. Indigenous Perspectives and Collaborative Governance: Decolonizing Thunder Bay Public Library, Canada
John Pateman

Chapter 12. Achieving Tribal, Municipal, and County Cooperation in the United States
Mitchell Berg

Chapter 13. Climate Adaptive Community Capacity Building in Historically Marginalized Communities in Eastern Connecticut, U.S.A.: Lessons Learned from Integrating Co-Creative Approaches
La’Tasha Maddox and Alicia Tyson

Conclusion: Moving Beyond What Has Been to What Could Be
Jason D. Riveraand Michèle Companion

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Indigenous Experiences with Collaborative Governance

Moving Toward Equitable Partnerships

Edited by Michèle Companion and Jason D. Rivera

386 pages, 16 ills., bibliog., index

ISBN 978-1-83695-169-8 Hb Published (October 2025)

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“The book offers a valuable contribution to our collective understanding of the impact of structural violence and colonialism on Indigenous Peoples … All chapters are well-written, informative, and insightful.” • Duane A. Gill, Virginia Tech

“This is an important book that highlights not just the need for inclusive research but also how to apply these approaches to those who are learning and looking to change their work to be inclusive.” • Stefanie Kunze, Northern Arizona University

Governance processes often fail to integrate Indigenous perspectives or address issues such as sovereignty, self-determination, and decolonization, making successful policy outcomes difficult to achieve. It is vital for Indigenous and non-Indigenous governments to collaborate in producing sustainable, mutually beneficial outcomes. This volume highlights the importance of authentic Indigenous inclusion in governance processes at national and subnational levels worldwide. Through case studies and best-practice models, it examines the opportunities and barriers Indigenous Peoples face in collaborative governance. In doing so, it offers recommendations for practice and policy that promote social equity.

Michèle Companion is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs and President of the International Research Committee on Disasters. She specializes in food and livelihood security. Her recent international work focuses on Indigenous food sovereignty and cultural survival.

Jason D. Rivera is a Professor of Public Management, John Jay College of Criminal Justice. His work focuses on social equity, governance, emergency management, and community development. His international work specializes in interorganizational and intergovernmental collaboration with a focus on inclusionary governance frameworks in the emergency management context.

Series: Volume 1, Indigenous Studies: International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Subject: Sociology Political and Economic Anthropology Applied Anthropology

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BISAC: SOC002010 SOCIAL SCIENCE/Anthropology/Cultural & Social; POL074010 POLITICAL SCIENCE/Indigenous/Governance & SovereigntyPOL011000 POLITICAL SCIENCE/International Relations/General; SOC062000 SOCIAL SCIENCE/Indigenous Studies

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Indigenous Experiences with Collaborative Governance

Moving Toward Equitable Partnerships

Edited by Michèle Companion and Jason D. Rivera

Series: Volume 1, Indigenous Studies: International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Subject: Sociology Political and Economic Anthropology Applied Anthropology

Area:

This title is published as Open Access

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Indigenous Experiences with Collaborative Governance

Moving Toward Equitable Partnerships

Edited by Michèle Companion and Jason D. Rivera

Series: Volume 1, Indigenous Studies: International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Subject: Sociology Political and Economic Anthropology Applied Anthropology

Area:

This title is published as Open Access

Full Text PDF | Full Text ePUB Made available under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license with support from Knowledge Unlatched.