Eating in the City: A Review of the Literature on Food Insecurity and Indigenous People Living in Urban Spaces

Kelly Skinner, Erin Pratley and Kristin Burnett
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Kelly Skinner: School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L3G1, Canada
Erin Pratley: Independent Scholar, Killara, New South Wales 2071, Australia
Kristin Burnett: Department of Indigenous Learning, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON P7B5E1, Canada

Societies, 2016, vol. 6, issue 2, 1-17

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.

Keywords: food insecurity; Indigenous people; Canada; United States; Australia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 A14 P P0 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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