Transnational Social Support

10  The Missing Presence ofAboriginal Peoples from theTransnational Debate

Adrienne Chambon and Arielle Dylan

INTRODUCTION

This chapter stems from the startling observation of the missing presence of Aboriginal peoples from discussions and scholarship on transnationalism. As the investigations and conceptualisations of transnational relations have expanded to include families, communities, social movements, religion, economics, policy, and gendered and racialised relations, a vast array of relationships has been re-examined through a transnational lens, thus bringing in a new level of complexity. Yet, Aboriginal peoples have remained outside of that framework, perceived as the earliest inhabitants of the lands, whose worlds were transformed by ...