Conversations in Story(ality)
Theses
Author/Creator
Amanda Lynch Morris
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Auburn University, 2010.
Relates how a non-Aboriginal parent's right to harvest organs and cremate an adoptive son superseded a Cree biological mother's right to bury her adult son according to First Nation spiritual and cultural beliefs.
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Brief overview of historical relationship between Aboriginal and settler peoples, Aboriginal cultures, past and present public policies, and current challenges for urban residents.
Looks at the development of a cultural humility with Indigenous peoples, requiring self-reflection and a changing of attitudes and behaviours.