Darrel Manitowabi, PhD
Associate Professor, Human Sciences Division
Lakehead University Campus
955 Oliver Road
Thunder Bay, Ontario
P7B 5E1
Email: dmanitowabi@nosm.ca
Education and Professional Roles
Darrel Manitowabi is an associate professor in the Human Sciences Division at NOSM University, Sudbury, Ontario. He is a citizen of the Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory, and he currently resides in the Whitefish River First Nation. He is an applied, medical and Indigenous anthropologist with research interests in Nishnaabe ethnohistory and Indigenous gambling, Indigenous social determinants of health, Indigenous healing, Indigenous-state relations and Indigenous self-determination. His research and publications examine how the historical legacy of, and contemporary expressions of colonialism impact the health and wellbeing of First Nations communities. Furthermore, his research examines how First Nations communities are active agents in decolonizing the Indigenous-state relationship through centring Indigenous perspectives in health, education, and governance.