ABSTRACT
In order for Indigenous justice perspectives to have greater public influence, and to reduce injustices facing Indigenous peoples today, there must be widespread education on Indigenous realities and truths across Turtle Island. To achieve this greater public influence, systems of education must change, and a good starting point is criminology itself. This chapter reflects on how the discipline must change to reflect Indigenous truths and perspectives in order for Indigenous engagement and real action and change. It begins by outlining colonialism, which is too often disregarded or glossed over within criminology and revealing embedded colonial lies regarding Indigenous peoples. It then outlines Real Criminologies or Indigenous Criminologies of Native America and explores how to engage Indigenous peoples and communities in criminology and why this is important if we want to see a move towards justice in the public sphere. The chapter concludes by highlighting change makers, such as those challenging colonial falsehoods, waking people up to the realities that they are on stolen Indigenous lands, and raising awareness of violence against Indigenous women and girls through dance.
