Decolonization

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Breaking The Cycle of Trauma - Koori Parenting What Works For Us

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Graham Gee
Raelene Lesniowska
Radhika Santhanam-Martin
Catherine Chamberlain
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 15, no. 2, 2020, pp. 45-66

Examines the parenting strategies of Indigenous parents effected by colonial practices. 

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Bridging Indigenous Studies and Archaeology through Relationality?: Collaborative Research on the Chignecto Peninsula, Mi'kma'ki

Alternate Title
Bridging Indigenous Studies and Archeology through Relationality?: Collaborative Research on the Chignecto Peninsula, Mi'kma'ki
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle A. Lelièvre
Cynthia Martin
Alyssa Abram
Mallory Moran
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 2, Spring, 2020, pp. [171]-195
Uses research performed in Nova Scotia to discuss the ways that the two disciplines can contribute each other to create reciprocal improvement and understanding on both sides.
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Bringing Ethics Review Home to Cowichan: Indigenizing Ethics Review in British Columbia, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cowichan Tribes
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 16, no. 2, Wisdom of the Elders: Honouring Spiritual Laws in Indigenous Knowledge, 2021, pp. 70-81

Using the investigation into high preterm births amongst the Cowichan to examine collaborative research reviews that follow the OCAP principles.  

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A BScN Program for Nunavut

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary L. Ellerton
Heather Fudge
Ruth Martin-Misener
Catherine Thibeault
Canadian Nurse, vol. 95, no. 10, 1999, p. 31
Discussion of the Nunavut Act which required that 80 per cent of the nursing positions in Nunavut be occupied by Inuit and the creation of BScN program.
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Buffalo Boy: Then and Now

Alternate Title
INDIANacts: Aboriginal Performance Art
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ryan Rice
Carla Taunton
Discusses how Adrian Stimson's anti-colonial, gender-bending persona is used to expose cultural and societal truths.
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'Building Alternatives to the Colonial Relationship'

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 12, March 2013, p. 17

Brief interview with a University of British Columbia professor regarding the Idle No More movement and the direction it will be taking.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.17.

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Called to Action: Dialogue around Praxis for Reconciliation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer MacDonald
Jennifer Markides
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 53, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 213-232
Two graduate student discuss their thoughts on enacting the the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action, reflect on their learning and share successes, insights, and tensions as they navigate various complexities of settler-Indigenous relations; they discuss the need for spaces that promote vulnerability and openness, and the strength of land-based and grassroots learning opportunities.
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Calls to Action: Truth, Reconciliation, and Indigenous Rights for Supportive Decision-Making in Healthcare

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jenny Morgan
Kim Jameson
Soodabeh Joolaee
Anita Ho
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 16, no. 1, Honouring the Sacred Fire: Ending Systemic Racism toward Indigenous Peoples, 2021, pp. 243-260

Examines what is needed to improve equitable health care for Indigenous populations in urban settings.  

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Canada and Colonial Genocide [Introduction]

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew Woolford
Jeff Benvenuto
Journal of Genocide Research, vol. 17, no. 4, Special Issue on Canada and Colonial Genocide, 2015, pp. 373-390
Introduction to special issue on genocide and settler colonialism.
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Cartographic Lessons: Susanna Moodie’s Roughing It in the Bush and Thomas King’s Green Grass, Running Water

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Florence Stratton
Canadian Literature, no. 161-162, On Thomas King, Summer-Autumn, 1999, pp. 82-102
Argues that maps illustrate power relationships, as when colonizers' place names and territorial boundaries attempted to erase the prior occupancy and ownership of lands by First Nations.
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Cash Back: A Yellowhead Institute Red Paper

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yellowhead Institute
Looks at how the Canadian economy has been built by using Indigenous lands and waterways to create corporate profit and national power and how this process has left First Nations impoverished. Discusses the reparations needed as part of decolonization process.
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Cautionary Stories of University Indigenization: Institutional Dynamics, Accountability Struggles, and Resilient Settler Colonial Power

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erich Steinman
Scott Scoggins
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 1, 2020, pp. 73-96
Interviews with 23 individuals at a Canadian university revealed three main themes: hidden contributions by Indigenous students, faculty, staff and community members; conflicts in accountability between academia and community; and contradictions and uneven application.
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The Cedar Project: Historical, Structural and Interpersonal Determinants of Involvement in Survival Sex Work Over Time Among Indigenous Women Who Have Used Drugs in Two Canadian Cities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richa Sharma
Sherri Pooyak
Kate Jongbnloed
David Zamar
Margo E. Pearce ... [et al.]
International Journal of Drug Policy, vol. 87, 2021, p. 103012
A study that focuses on Indigenous female drug using sex workers in British Columbia to discuss the culture of violence and its ties to both historical and ongoing colonization.
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Ceh'e3teekuu!- Listen- This is Arapaho Land

Alternate Title
Ceh'e3teekuu!--Listen-- This is Arapaho Land
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Phineas Arthur Kelly
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 4, Fall, 2020, pp. [415]-433
An examination of the creation of the augmented reality (AR) mobile place-based learning game Vision Quest developed at the University of Wyoming that teaches Arapaho language and culture developed. The author further discusses the adaptability of Indigenous people to combat colonization through the app.
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Celebrating Our Path of Ahkamimoh in Northern Saskatchewan: Developing Resiliency in Youth through Education + Emocikihtayak Ahkamimohwin meskanaw Ote Kiwetinohk Saskatchewan: Sohkeyimowin Oskayak Ekiskinwahamacik

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arlene Hansen
Northern Review, vol. 53, Indigenous Self-Determination through Mitho Pimachesowin: Perspectives from Northern Saskatchewan, 2022, pp. 85-99

Examines the importance of a community-based education to enhance Indigenous resilience to the impact of colonization and residential schools.

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Challenging Colonial Spaces: Reconciliation and Decolonizing Work in Canadian Archives

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Krista Mccracken
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 100, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 182-201
Argues that teaching the history of residential schools in Canada requires an examination of how that history has been recorded and preserved; that this examination reveals an incompatibility between the colonial frameworks in archival institutions and structures of Indigenous knowledges. Discusses the impact of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) on Canadian archival practices.
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Change Is in All of Us

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Danielle DeLuca
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 1, The Electronic Drum: Community Radios Role in Indigenous Language Revitalization, March 2013, p. [?]
Discussion about the end of the Oxlajuj B'aq'tun and the start of a new era that should be seen as an opportunity for positive renewal to generate changes in society.
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A Change of Residence: Government Schools and Foster

Homes as Sites of Forced Aboriginal Assimilation – A Paper Designed to Provoke Thought and Systemic Change

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cathy Richardson
Bill Nelson
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 2, 2007, pp. 75-83
Discusses similarities of two residential structures, government schools and foster homes, that have housed Aboriginal children when they were removed from their people. The paper is an attempt to influence child welfare practice in ways that would respect the integrity of family and Aboriginal communities.
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The Chickasaw Press: A Source of Power and Pride

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Rule
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 42, no. 3, Native Narratives of Indigenous History and Culture, 2018, pp. 183-202
Article describes the history, the decolonizing practices, and the publications of the tribally owned and operated press in the United States; connects the press to national cultural revitalization efforts.
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Child Rearing Practices of the San Communities in Botswana: Potential Lessons for Educators

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Annah Anikie Molosiwa
Dipotso Galeforolwe
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 2, June 2018, pp. 130-137
Using narratives, focus group discussions and interviews this study gathers and analyzes qualitative data from 15 Basarwa (San) participants about how they transmit their cultural practices to their children. Results show the San want education that is inclusive of their cultural practices and language; they would like to see San teachers in the schools.
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Child Slavery in Canada’s Residential-School Prisons

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Sanders
Press for Conversion!, vol. 69, Fictive Canada: Indigenous Slaves and Captivating Narratives of a Mythic Nation, Fall, 2017, pp. 44-51
History of the end of one form of colonialism in slavery and the rise of another through residential schools in Canada.
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Children of Change, Not Doom: Indigenous Futurist Heroines in YA

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynette James
Extrapolation, vol. 57, no. 1-2, 2016, pp. 151-176
Proposes that “Indigenous futurism is a deliberate, intentional, and purpose-driven position that addresses not only inclusion but intersectionality for its protagonists and themes;” and ask the reader to consider it both an aesthetic and a framework for critical theory. Examines different dystopian YA texts in this context.
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Christine Adam: Uranium City's Number One Resident

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Department Of Northern Saskatchewan
Graham Guest
Christine Adam, one of the first residents of Uranium City, reflects on life in the old days. Page one: portrait of Christine Adam. Page Two: portrait of Christine with her mother and friend Adele Whitedeer.
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Christopher Columbus and the Problems of History

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Johnny P. Flynn
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 3, Special Issue on Encounter of Two Worlds: The Next Five Hundred Years, 1993, pp. 11-16
Provides alternative fictional history of Columbus' voyage, contact and effects through use of Coyote to illustrate the teaching.
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