Indigenous Pathways to Social Justice, Reconciliation, Healing and Well-being with all Our Relations

Abstract

Indigenous Peoples, despite being crucial stewards of the planet's biodiversity, continue to face deep social injustices and marginalization. They endure ongoing criminalization in the name of development, while their knowledge systems and rights are consistently undermined and neglected by dominant policies and narratives. In this paper, we argue that understanding social injustice requires acknowledging the enduring legacy of colonization, we introduce the Ărramăt Project and propose the Maslow's hierarchy as a methodological framework aimed at decolonizing narratives and research, to achieving social justice, healing, and reconciliation—not only for Indigenous Peoples but also for the planet as a whole.