Eating in the City: A Review of the Literature on Food Insecurity and Indigenous People Living in Urban Spaces
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School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L3G1, Canada
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Independent Scholar, Killara, New South Wales 2071, Australia
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Department of Indigenous Learning, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON P7B5E1, Canada
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Societies 2016, 6(2), 7; https://doi.org/10.3390/soc6020007
Received: 2 February 2016 / Revised: 14 March 2016 / Accepted: 15 March 2016 / Published: 24 March 2016
Abstract
Indigenous people often occupy different overlapping or co-existing food environments that include market-based foods, land and water based foods, and combinations of the two. Studying these food environments is complicated by the cultural and geographic diversity of Indigenous people and the effects of colonialism, land dispossession, relocation and forced settlement on static reserves, and increasing migration to urban areas. We conducted a scoping study of food insecurity and Indigenous peoples living in urban spaces in Canada, the United States, and Australia. The 16 studies reviewed showed that food insecurity among urban Indigenous populations is an issue in all three nations. Findings highlight both the variety of experiences of urban Indigenous peoples within and across the three nations, and the commonalities of these experiences. View Full-TextKeywords:
food insecurity; Indigenous people; Canada; United States; Australia
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