Dis-placing Myself: Decolonizing a Settler Outdoor Environmental Educator
Theses
Author/Creator
Emily Root
Description
Educational Studies Thesis (PhD) -- Lakehead University, 2015.
Educational Studies Thesis (PhD) -- Lakehead University, 2015.
An overview of the research on Indigenous education in America.
Plot of novel involves a young Shuswap woman who leaves her reserve for the city and is ultimately raped and murdered. Includes overview of play, biography of playwright and director, and focus questions.
Examines the shift from a 70% non-Indigenous student population in 1970's to only 3% by 1991 at the Kitaskinaw school located on the Enoch reservation.
Four lessons designed for Grades 8-12.
Argues that the fort is a significant mythic symbol that reinforces colonial divides that continue to affect Aboriginal-Canada relations.