Matoaka: Pocahontas in the Age of Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Matthew Shifflett
Description
Fine Arts Thesis (M.F.A.)--Virginia Commonwealth University, 2008.
Colouring book with text in Ojibwe and English.
Anthropology Thesis (PhD) -- University College London, 2017.
Lesson uses interviews with Pat Vegas and Redbone from the documentary Rumble: The Indians That Rocked the World as a jumping-off point to examine the U.S. government's efforts to control Native American culture by way of music.
Author uses her own experiences as non-Indigenous woman of color to explore the challenges in becoming an ally with Indigenous communities fight in their fight for decolonization.