James (Sa’ke’j) Youngblood Henderson
- Affiliation: University of Saskatchewan
James (Sa’ke’j) Youngblood Henderson is Chickasaw, born to the Bear Clan of the Chickasaw Nation and Cheyenne Tribe in Oklahoma. He was one of the first American Indians to graduate in law from Harvard University. He is a member of the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Law and is Research Director of the University of Saskatchewan Native Law Centre. He is the author and editor of many books including Mi’kmaq Concordat; The Road: Indian Tribes and Political Liberty; Aboriginal Tenure in the Constitution of Canada; Continuing Poundmaker and Riel’s Quest, and Protecting Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage. He is a leading advocate of the rights of Indigenous peoples in Canada and the international forum.
Books by James (Sa’ke’j) Youngblood Henderson
Protecting Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage
A Global Challenge
Marie Battiste, James (Sa’ke’j) Youngblood Henderson
Whether the approximately 500 million Indigenous Peoples in the world live in Canada, the United States, Australia, India, Peru, or Russia, they have faced a similar fate at the hands of colonizing powers. That has included assaults on their language and culture, commercialization of their art, and use of their plant knowledge in the development of medicine, all without consent, acknowledgement, or benefit to them. The authors paint a passionate picture of the devastation these assaults have… (more information)
Indigenous Diplomacy and the Rights of Peoples
Achieving UN Recognition
James (Sa’ke’j) Youngblood Henderson
Despite centuries of sustained attacks against their collective existence, Indigenous peoples represent over 5,000 languages and cultures in more than 70 nations on six continents. Most have retained social, cultural, economic, and political characteristics distinct from other segments of national populations. Yet recognition of their humanity and rights has been a struggle to achieve. Based on personal experience, James (Sa’ke’j) Youngblood Henderson documents the generation-long struggle… (more information)