Paternal Involvement in a First Nations Community in Canada: The Effects of Perceived Positive Father Relationships on Adolescent Adjustment
Psychology Thesis (PhD) -- McGill University, 2019.
Psychology Thesis (PhD) -- McGill University, 2019.
Brief literature review which examines system failures and structural, individual, and relational factors.
Argues that the Canadian Indigenous condition is not related to colonialism rather it is based on an European socioeconomic structure.
Discusses how Lee Maracle leads her readers to see the realities of a world that is rigid and unequally divided by using "we", "I" and "you" to flip the idea of "others".
Relays the true story of Pocahontas who saved the life of John Smith, leader of the first American settlement in Jamestown, but unlike the Disney version, she did not fall in love with him or marry him.