Welcome to the RAIR Collective
Who we are and what we do
RAIR is an emerging collaborative research project that aims to support the convergence of people seeking food sovereignty in ways that advance dialogue and action for Indigenous land rematriation. By rematriation we are referring to broad understandings and frameworks of land return, or returning to the land, grounded in feminist, (de)(anti)colonial, and activist methodologies.
Our purpose
RAIR seeks to support grassroots Indigenous rematriation and (re)connection to land. We seek to support the coming together of people seeking good relations with food and land in ways that advance dialogue and action for Indigenous land rematriation. This work aims to centre Indigenous women and two-spirit presence, experiences and relationships to land and traditional territories. RAIR also aims to ground ourselves in emergent feminist, (de)(anti)colonial, and activist methodologies.
Rematriation
“Reclaiming of ancestral remains, spirituality, culture, knowledge and resources… back to Mother Earth, a return to our origins, to life and co-creation, rather than patriarchal destruction and colonization, a reclamation of germination.” - Bernedette Muthien