Decolonization
Transforming First Nations Health Care in British Columbia: An Organizational Challenge
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen Wilmot
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, January 2018, p. article 4
Description
Looks at the formation of the First Nations Health Council, First Nations Health Directors Association, and the First Nations Health Authority and identifies issues that need to be addressed in order for the tripartite system to function effectively.
Transforming Graduate Studies through Decolonization: Sharing the Learning Journey of a Specialized Cohort
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura-Lee Kearns
Joanne Tompkins
Lisa Lunney Borden
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 53, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 233-253
Description
Study traces the learning experiences of primarily non-Indigenous educators who created an Indigenous-focused Master of Education program to challenge the legacy of colonization in schools and who have worked to decolonize their practice through their participation in a graduate studies; asserts that decolonizing education means valuing Indigenous people, languages, and land, and building inter-cultural understanding.
Transnational Narratives of Conflict and Empire, the Literary Art of Survivance in the Fiction of Gerald Vizenor
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Billy J. Stratton
Transmotion, vol. 5, no. 1, Native American Narratives in a Global Context, July 11, 2019, pp. 11-32
Description
This literary criticism article considers Vizenor’s body of work as a whole and discusses his attention to historical moments and his use of fiction to overturn colonial knowledge of those moments and to disrupt contemporary understandings of transnationalism.
Trauma, Child Development, Healing and Resilience: A Review of Literature with Focus on Indigenous Peoples and Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Patti LaBoucane-Benson
Nicole Sherren
Deanna Yerichuk
Description
Search of literature published between 2010 and 2016 which focused on either Alberta or Canada produced 44 results. Results are arranged under the headings interconnected worldview, development of legal traditions, positive individual and collective identity, and self-determination.
Tribal 2.0: Digital Natives, Political Players, and the Power of Stories
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jodi A. Byrd
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 2, Tribalography, Summer, 2014, pp. 55-64
Description
Examines pseudo-tribal discourses in American political, corporate, media, and social realms and how Indigenous tribalographies can connect past, present, and future together.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 55.
Tribes Build a Traditional Watch House to Stop Kinder Morgan Pipeline Expansion: And Since the Fall, Tiny House Warriors Have Been Putting Homes in the Path of the Pipeline
Alternate Title
This Space Here: Tribes Build a Traditional Watch House to Stop Kinder Morgan Pipeline Expansion: And Since the Fall, Tiny House Warriors Have Been Putting Homes in the Path of the Pipeline
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice Cantieri
BC Studies, no. 198, Summer, 2018, pp. 7-12
Description
Describes campaign of direct actions, including Protect the Inlet and Tiny House Warriors, taken in opposition to the pipeline, currently under construction to carry oil from Alberta Tar Sands to the tide water port in Vancouver. Examines the conflict in terms of traditional cultural values, environmental activism, and discusses the use of art to build a culture of resistance.
Troubling the Path to Decolonization: Indian Residential School Case Law, Genocide, and Settler Illegitimacy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leslie Thielen-Wilson
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 29, no. 2, 2014, pp. 181-197
Description
"In this paper, I argue that Indian Residential School (IRS) litigation, and the emphasis on "cultural loss" or genocide, threatened to expose the illegitimacy of Canada's claim to sovereignty and the settler collective's occupancy of Indigenous lands today".
Truth Respect and Recognition: Addressing Barriers to Indigenous Maternity Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet Smylie
Wanda Phillips-Beck
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 191, no. 8, February 25, 2019, pp. E209-E215
Description
In response to the study “Prenatal Care among Mothers Involved with Child Protection Services in Manitoba.” Authors note several biases in the study including: failure to discuss negative stereotypes of Indigenous people resulting in differential care, and a disregard of resurgent Indigenous community-led models of care.
Tuberculosis and Colonialism: Current Tales About Tuberculosis and Colonialism in Nunavut
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Helle Møller
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 6, no. 1, Traditional Medicine, January 2010, pp. 38-48
Description
Contends that colonialism contributes to the high number of undiagnosed and untreated individuals with tuberculosis in Nunavut.
Turning Pages: Rene Mehsake and Kim Anderson on Injichaag, My Soul in Story
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Rene Meshake
Kim Anderson
Michael Elves
Description
Episode 83: Anishinaabe Elder and artist Rene Meshake, along with his collaborator, educator Kim Anderson discuss Injichaag: My Soul In Story - Anishinaabe Poetics in Art and Words, out now via University of Manitoba Press.
The Turtle Lodge: Sustainable Self-Determination in Practice
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Cameron
Dave Courchene
Sabina Ijaz
Ian Mauro
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 1, March 2019, pp. 13-21
Description
Examines how the Turtle Lodge International Centre for Indigenous Education and Wellness in Sagkeeng First Nation, Manitoba teaches a flexible, community-based process of responsibility-based self-determination discourse; stresses respectful and reciprocal relationships, community well-being, earth guardianship, and cultural resurgence.
Two Pairs of Shoes, a Bed, and Food: Wisconsin American Indian Women in the Military During World War II
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jenna Vater
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 23, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2011 Western Social Science Association American Indian Studies Section, Fall, 2012, pp. 1-2
Description
Focuses on four women who took advantage of economic opportunities as a result of enlisting with the military.
Two Teachers of Aboriginal Students: Effective Practice in Sociohistorical Realities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Goulet
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 25, no. 1, Sharing Aboriginal Knowledge and Aboriginal Ways of Knowing, 2001, pp. 68-82
Description
Explains how two teachers used colonization along with culture to present an effective teaching curriculum.
UBC Learning Circle January 9, 2014: Traditional Foods
Alternate Title
Putting Food Up: Traditional Foods
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Suzanne Johnson
Nitanis Rampanen
Nitanis Rampanen
Description
Webcast provides overview of Indigenous foods, and discusses living off- the-grid and reconnecting with the land and food sources.
Duration: 1:49:08.
Ugliness as Colonial Violence: Mediations of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women
Alternate Title
On the Politics of Ugliness
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Katherine Morton
Description
An examination of the politicization of "ugliness" through colonial ideology that creates victim blaming of Indigenous women that experience violence. These ideals of "ugliness" has led to the increase violence of Indigenous women and allowed inaction against crimes committed against them.
Chapter from On the Politics of Ugliness edited by Sara Rodrigues and Ela Przybylo.
Under the Microscope
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Joanasie
Tommy Akulukjuk
Inuktitut, no. 95, Winter, 2005, pp. 70-75
Description
Describes the frustration of being over analyzed and misinterpreted by some researchers without sufficient data and questions benefits to the people.
Understanding and Finding Our Way: Decolonizing Canadian Education
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Verna St. Denis
Alison Duke
Description
Film highlights Canada's history of racism and injustice toward Indigenous peoples which persists to this day in both the larger society and the educational system and how Indigenous culture and perspectives must be taught and valued in the classroom in order to address inequities and change the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.
Duration: 32:29.
Understanding Indigenous Food Sovereignty through an Indigenous Research Paradigm
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tabitha Martens
Jaime Cidro
Michael Anthony Hart
Stéphane McLachlan
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 5, no. 1, 2016, pp. 18-37
Description
Discusses the context and concerns of the Indigenous food sovereignty (IFS) movement arising from research conducted by the authors; focuses on the creation and implementation of an Aboriginal research framework.
Understanding Tribal Sovereignty: Definitions, Conceptualizations, and Interpretations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amanda J. Cobb
American Studies, vol. 46, no. 3-4, Indigeneity at the Crossroads of American Studies, Fall/Winter, 2005, pp. 115-132
Description
Discusses tribal sovereignty and relevancy for Native Americans and presents theoretical interpretations from different Native scholars.
Joint issue with: Indigenous Studies Today Issue 1, Spring 2006.
Uneven Access to Safe Drinking Water for First Nations in Canada: Connecting Health and Place Through Source Water Protection
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert J. Patrick
Health & Place, vol. 17, no. 1, 2011, pp. 386-389
Description
Looks at the access to safe drinking water in Indigenous communities and how Source Water Protection can provide a means to deal with this issue in the long term.
Universality: What Space Exists For Aboriginality?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Irene Watson
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 2010, pp. 15-25
Description
Article examines the challenges of discrimination and the exclusion of Aboriginal views from mainstream Australian society.
"The Unkillable Mother": Sovereignty and Survivance in Louise Erdrich's The Round House
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Paniccia Carden
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 94-116
Description
Provides critical analysis of Erdrich’s novel which examines the high rates of sexual assault of Indigenous women as a metaphor for colonization, and draws parallels between the aftermath of an assault and the state and status of Ojibwe culture.
Unlearning Colonial Identities While Engaging in Relationality: Settler Teachers’ Education-as-Reconciliation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa Korteweg
Tesa Fiddler
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 53, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 254-275
Description
Longstanding teacher-education team who teach a specialized Honours BEd course, entitled Indigenizing Perspectives and Practices in Education, outline the obstacles and struggles in settler teacher education; discuss legacies of colonialism in education and systemic racism in curriculum.
Unmasking, Exposing, and Confronting: Critical Race Theory, Tribal Critical Race Theory and Multicultural Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeanette Haynes Writer
International Journal of Multicultural Education, vol. 10, no. 2, Special Issue: Indigenous Education, 2008, pp. 1-15
Description
Contends that using multicultural education (MCE) to promote equality and unity in teacher education programs and schools can help to stop the propagation of colonization.
The Unnatural History of American Indian Education
Alternate Title
Next Steps: Research and Practice to Advance Indian Education
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
K. Tsianina Lomawaima
Description
Looks at the legacy of colonial education and the roots of some stereotypical assumptions associated with Native Americans.
Chapter one of Next Steps: Research and Practice to Advance Indian Education edited by Karen Gayton Swisher and John W. Tippeconnic.
Unsettled Borders and Memories: A "Local" Indigenous Perspective on Contemporary Globalization
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark Watson
Journal of Aesthetics & Culture, vol. 7, no. 1, 2015, pp. 1-19
Description
"This article provides a case study of decolonial counter-memory in contemporary Indigenous artist Alan Michelson's 2009 Third Bank of the River."
Unsettling Canadian Heritage: Decolonial Aesthetics in Canadian Video and Performance Art
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah E.K. Smith
Carla Taunton
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 52, no. 1, Winter, 2018, pp. 306-341
Description
Article examines the work of contemporary artists Leah Decter, Jacqueline Hoàng Nguyễn, and Caroline Monnet. Discusses the artists’ engagement with current discourse surrounding settler colonialism and their use of the arts to disrupt conceptualization of the Canadian state as inclusive and benevolent.
Unsettling Methodologies/Decolonizing Movements
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Craig Fortier
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 1, 2017, pp. [20]-36
Description
Author reflects on the role of non-Indigenous peoples in decolonizing research methods and cultural participation using the core themes of identity and belonging, accountability and consent, and responsibility and appropriation.
Unsettling Ottawa: Settler Colonialism, Indigenous Resistance, and the Politics of Scale
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie Tomiak
Canadian Journal of Urban Research, vol. 25, no. 1, Ottawa Studies Special Issue, 2016, pp. 8-21
Description
Overview of Algonquin land claims in Ontario and case studies of Indigenous activism including Chief Theresa Spence's hunger strike on Victoria Island and the Idle No More movement.
Unsettling Ourselves: Reflections and Resources for Deconstructing Colonial Mentality: A Sourcebook Compiled by Unsettling Minnesota
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Derrick Jensen
Wicanhpi Iyotan Win
Scott Demuth
Waziyatawin
Dee Brown ... [et al.]
Description
Collection of commentaries based on excerpts from works such as Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, What Does Justice Look Like, Indians 'R' Us: Culture and Genocide, The Color of Violence: The INCITE! Anthology and Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide.
Unsettling Settler Belonging: (Re)naming and Territory Making in the Pacific Northwest
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amanda Murphyao
Kelly Black
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 45, no. 3, The Nature of Canadian Studies in the United States, 2015, pp. 315-331
Description
Demonstrates the use of white settler privilege and how re-naming practices can harm cross-cultural relations.
Unsettling Settler Colonialism: The Discourse and Politics of Settlers, and Solidarity With Indigenous Nations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Corey Snelgrove
Rita Kaur Dhamoon
Jeff Corntassel
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 2, 2014, pp. 1-32
Description
Article seeks a new approach to investigating settler colonial studies, concluding that without a relational approach, various forms of domination will continue.
Unsettling Settler Shame in Schooling: Re-Imagining Responsible Reconciliation in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ryan Koelwyn
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 53, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 276-293
Description
Discusses “shame” in different contexts and explores the experience of shame for individuals and groups. Describes how shame was used as a tool of colonization in Indian Residential Schools and how it might be a transformative influence in the process of reconciliation following the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.