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Decolonization in a digital age cryptocurrencies and indigenous self determination in canada

Decolonization in a Digital Age Cryptocurrencies and Indigenous Self- Determination in Canada Christopher Alcantara and Caroline Dick Abstract Indigenous scholars and leaders have long been interested in reducing the role of the Canadian state in their political economic and social lives This paper explores the extent to which digital currencies such as Bitcoin or MazaCoin might be used to facilitate Indigenous self-determination political autonomy and economic prosperity Based on our review of the literature we argue that cryptocurrencies demonstrate some potential for advancing these goals but that there are a number of potential roadblocks as well Future research should investigate how Indigenous communities might use digital currencies and other related technologies to further their political economic and social goals Keywords Indigenous self-determination autonomy digital currency cryptocurrency Bitcoin decolonization Résumé Les chercheurs et les leaders autochtones cherchent depuis longtemps à réduire le rôle de l ? État canadien dans la vie politique économique et sociale des Autochtones Cet article examine le rôle et l ? importance des devises numériques comme Bitcoin ou MazaCoin dans l ? atteinte par les Autochtones de l ? auto-détermination de l ? autonomie politique et de la prospérité économique D ? après notre analyse documentaire nous postulons que les crypto-monnaies peuvent contribuer à l ? atteinte de ces objectifs mais qu ? elles posent également leur lot de problèmes De futures recherches pourraient examiner les moyens que les groupes autochtones auraient pour exploiter les devises numériques et d ? autres technologies connexes dans l ? atteinte de leurs objectifs politiques économiques et sociaux Mots clés Auto-détermination autochtone autonomie devise numérique Bitcoin décolonisation Introduction In early a number of media outlets in Canada the United States and the United Kingdom published a series of stories about how a Native American tribe the Oglala Lakota Nation had adopted something called MazaCoin as its national Canadian Journal of Law and Society Revue Canadienne Droit et Société Page of doi cls Downloaded from https www cambridge org core Cornell University Library on May at subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use available at https www cambridge org core terms https doi org cls C ? ? Christopher Alcantara and Caroline Dick currency MazaCoin a digital currency was to act as a medium of exchange in and beyond the Lakota Nation Digital or cryptocurrencies are virtual currencies that are secured by cryptography Unlike ?at currencies that are issued by governments cryptocurrencies can be issued by anyone and rely on the computing power of a decentralized network of computer nodes that track and validate accounts balances and transactions MazaCoin according to its developer Payu Harris was going to dramatically increase the Lakota Nation ? s autonomy and ?nancial wealth ??I think crypto-currencies could be the new bu ?alo Once it was everything for our survival We used it for food for clothes for everything It was our economy I think MazaCoin could serve the same purpose ? Sparkes Shortly after these news reports came out Oglala Lakota Nation o ?cials quickly