Honoring the Dead: Digitizing Abuse & Neglect at the Asylum for Insane Indians
English Thesis (BA Hons) -- Dakota State University, 2018.
English Thesis (BA Hons) -- Dakota State University, 2018.
Education Thesis (PhD) -- University of Denver, 2018.
Examines the data collected by the 2011 National Indian Education Study (NIES) and what it can tell about Indigenous students post-secondary aspirations based on gender.
Includes text and images.
A series of paintings and text written by the artist narrate pieces of her father’s story, and through the narrative offer a comparison of Dene and Western world-views and understandings of well-being. Journal has reversed the text of the third and fourth paintings.
Argues that colonialism is a large factor in the high rates of hepatitis C (HCV) infection in Indigenous communities and that an Indigenous approach to wellness and health care is needed.