Displaying 1451 - 1500 of 1658

Tensional Decolonization and Public Order in Western Nigeria, 1957-1960

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Oluwatoyin Oduntan
Kemi Rotimi
Decolonization, vol. 4, no. 2, 2015, pp. 103-122
Description
Discusses the impact of decolonization on policing and public order, and argues that it was not just a series of programs negotiated between and implemented by colonial governments and anti-colonial nationalists.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Terril Calder's Repercussions: Indigenizing the Civic Archive

Alternate Title
Brazil-Canada Knowledge Exchange Project: Developing Transnational Literacies ; August 2013
Indigenous Challenges and Opportunities in Canada and Brazil
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jessica Jacobson-Konefall
Description
Presents review and critique of film. Duration: 18:51.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Territoriality and Sovereign Advantage: Public Lands, Treaty Rights, and the Contentious Politics of the American West

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patrick Eudaily
Steve Smith
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 30, no. 2, Fall, 2019
Description
Authors deconstruct the language and concepts of sovereignty and territory, and re-examine the relationship between the two. They advocate shifting away from contemporary models of “sovereignty over a territory” and towards an approach in which the practice of sovereignty is rooted in a particular territory, its peoples and communities.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Testimony Of Actions: Actions Of Testimony

Alternate Title
INDIANacts: Aboriginal Performance Art
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Glenn Alteen
Description
Overview of the conference on Aboriginal performance art and issues raised by Aboriginal performance artists.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Think Indigenous [11: Pam Palmater]

Alternate Title
[Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) ; 2015]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Pam Palmater
Description
Speaker discusses the importance of teachers to the process of decolonization. From: Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) 2015, March 18-20, University of Saskatchewan. Duration: 42:59.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Thinking About Aboriginal Justice: Myths and Revolution

Alternate Title
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Patricia Monture-Okanee
Description
Article from a 1993 Conference proceedings, discusses how despite some changes, the non-Aboriginal justice system fails Aboriginal Peoples at every turn; justice she concludes is a human problem and the answers are in the women of communities. Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

[Thinking About Reconciliation]

Alternate Title
[5th Annual Critical Conversations Series]
[Critical Conversations on Truth and Reconciliation]
[Critical Conversations Series]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
[Jocelyn Thorpe]
Description
Podcast discusses ideas such as: what is nature versus culture' and 'what are gender, race and nation' as well as thoughts on decolonization. Duration: 18:00.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

"This School Feels Like Ours Now; It Belongs to the Community": Engaging Parents & Inuit Educational Leaders in Policy Change in Nunavut

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Fiona Walton
Darlene O Leary
Lena Metuq
Fukeepa Hainnu
Saa Pitsiulak ... [et al.]
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, Special Issue 2014: Revitalizing Education: in Inuit Nunangat, 2014, pp. 49-52
Description
Discusses two core suggestions taken from the National Strategy on Inuit Education 2011 report, investing in mobilizing parents and developing leaders in Inuit education.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

“This Story Needs a Witness”: The Imbrication of Witnessing, Storytelling, and Resilience in Lee Maracle’s Celia’s Song

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura J. Beard
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2018, pp. 151-178
Description
Examines themes of testimony, trauma, storytelling, and witnessing in Maracle’s novel; discusses the role that narrating and observing can play as a means of collaborating in the decolonization of settler systems and violence.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Through Family Eyes: Towards a More Adequate Perspective for Viewing Native American Religious Life

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tod D. Swanson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 1, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Part 3), Winter, 1997, pp. 57-71
Description
Author conducts a nuanced analysis of the imagery and stereotypes of Indigenous peoples in the contemporary American culture(s) and how those tropes contribute to a colonial narrative surrounding Indigenous cultures and spiritual practices and must be considered part of the context when teaching Indigenous studies courses and content.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Through the Lens of the Land: Reflections from Archaeology, Ethnoecology, and Environmental Science on Collaborations with First Nations, 1970s to the Present

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dana Lepofsky
Ken Lertzman
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 141-160
Description
Authors describe their process of decolonizing their research practice in British Columbia over an extended period of time. Highlights the need for researchers to develop collaborative partnerships with Indigenous communities.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Ties That Bind: Remembering, Mourning, and Healing Historical Trauma

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Beth Faimon
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 28, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Empowerment Through Literature, Winter-Spring, 2004, pp. 238-251
Description
Author offers a settler-ally perspective on the Commemorative Walk, and on the historical events which it remembers. Discusses the history of colonization and of genocide through the lens of trauma, healing, and social justice.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

"To rob the world of a people": Language Removal as an Instance of Colonial Genocide in the Fort Alexander Indian Residential School

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natalia Ilyniak
Genocide Studies and Prevention, vol. 9, no. 2, Time, Movement, and Space: Genocide Studies and Indigenous Peoples, October 2015, pp. [76]-97
Description
Examines how the schools practices were designed to disrupt child/community relationship by removing Anishinaabe language.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

"To Take Their Heritage in Their Hands": Indigenous Self-Representation and Decolonization in the Community Museums of Oaxaca, Mexico

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ellen Hoobler
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3/4, Decolonizing Archaeology, Summer - Autumn, 2006, pp. 441-460
Description
Article explores the community-based practice of creating place-based museums to house the artifacts recovered from archaeological sites in the Oaxaca region of Mexico, argues these institutions validate local knowledges and traditions and function as means to promote education and cultural understanding.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Toward the 8th Fire: The View from Oshkimaadziig Unity Camp

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karl Gardner
Richard Peters (Giibwanisi)
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 3, Indigenous Land-Based Education, 2014, pp. [167]-173
Description
Camp was initially set up in Awenda Provincial Park by a small group opposing the surrender of land in the resolution of the Coldwater Narrows Land Claim within the Specific Land Claims process. It occupies the land in order to reclaim traditional teachings, ceremonies and governance structures.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Towards a Genealogy of Reconciliation in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hannah Wyile
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 3, Autumn, 2017, pp. 601-6035
Description
Article draws on royal commission reports and Supreme Court decisions to articulate and examine the perceptions, motivations and discourses surrounding reconciliation in Canada. Discusses the disparity between Indigenous and state understandings of the concept and the considers the political and constitutional implications of reconciliation based relationships with Indigenous communities and with Quebec.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Towards a New Relationship: Toolkit for Reconciliation/Decolonization of Social Work Practice at the Individual, Workplace, and Community Level

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Working Group of the British Columbia Association of Social Workers
Description
Objectives: encourage dialogue, raise awareness regarding history and future of First Nations peoples in Canada, promote recognition of impacts of colonization, work towards respectful and meaningful relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, and promote the Commission's recommendations to advocate for systemic change.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Towards an "Indigenous Paradigm" from a Sami Perspective

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rauna Kuokkanen
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 20, no. 2, 2000, pp. 411-436
Description
Using the Sami people as an example, argues that political decolonization is important for realizing self-determination, reconnecting with culture, and becoming intellectually self-governing.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Towards Indigenous Social Work Practice: Addressing Professional Challenges in Working with Homeless Greenlanders in Aalborg, Denmark

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lone Krogh Kjær-Rasmussen
Lisarb Valéria Montes D’Oco
Jordanne Edwards
Gashaye Melaku Tefera
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 8, no. 1, 2019, pp. 19-34
Description
Examines contemporary social work practice in relation to homeless Greelanders and suggests an Indigenous social work model as a culturally relevant alternative that roots interventions in cultural competency, recognition, and participatory action.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.