Time back! Reclaiming Indigenous temporalities

In this article, we demonstrate how Indigenous temporalities have been taken and how they are being taken back. We explore three stories from each of the authors’ lived experience and/or research work. These stories include Ngāi Tahu in Aotearoa (New Zealand), Sámi in Sweden, and Inuit in Nunavik (Arctic Québec). The stories span empirical contexts of historical evidence, storytelling, and research practice; temporal problems of erasing historicities, temporal othering, and dominating efficiencies; and resistance strategies through Indigenous archives, artistic expression, and research sovereignty. We contribute to critical Indigenous studies by emphasising the dimension of time, not just as a cultural ontology, but also as a potential part of political practice towards self-determination. We also contribute to critical time studies by sharing Indigenous temporal practices that can broaden the discussion of how time can be used as a tool in political struggles.