Decolonization

Builds on Linda Tuhiwai Smith's short essay "Twenty-Five Indigenous Projects," and in acknowledgement of the essay and its 20th anniversary offers four more projects specific to Native American Humanities: • Continuing • Reknowing • Sociologizing • Valuing

Examines effects of both mainstream and Indigenous cinema on Indigenous peoples, stereotyping, and concepts of geography, land, history and language. Anthropology and Humanities Honors Paper (B.A.)--University of Colorado, 2011.

Examines the experiences of Métis and First Nations peoples with diabetes in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Study reviewed ten interventions that have been used, identified common and dissimilar themes, and looked at ways to continue decolonization efforts around the world.

Personal narrative about researcher's experience as a transracial adoptee and the process of reclaiming her identity as an Indigenous person.

[Anthropology] Thesis (M.A.)--University of Denver, 2020. Focuses on five artists: Melanie Yazzie (Diné), Gregg Deal (Pyramid Lake Paiute), Kristina Maldonado Bad Hand (Sicangu Lakota/Cherokee), Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds (Cheyenne/Arapaho), and Rose B. Simpson (Santa Clara Pueblo).

Professional commentary in which the author describes how psychiatrists working with Indigenous people in Canada can draw on Fanon’s work on the intersections of colonialism, racism, and psychiatry in order to provide higher quality mental health care services.

Outlines globalization in a social context and examines how a new regional government can influence more traditional practices and values to address social issues and develop a strong economic, social, and cultural environment.

Geography and Environmental Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Carleton University, 2008.

Discusses the need for archivists to move away from their role as disinterested caretaker toward engaging with the people involved and outlines some of the ways this can be accomplished.

Looks at historical maternal traditions and the empowering influences on contemporary motherhood practices.

Sociology & Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2010.

Discusses the significance of cultural heritage and the support of Aboriginal peoples towards the institution of postcolonial law and literature.

Canadian Studies and Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 2004.

Video of speech given by professor from the University of Victoria's Indigenous Governance Program. He argues that Aboriginals must regain their authentic cultural identity in order to truly decolonize themselves. Duration: 01:02:12.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2012.

Report from a seminar in Kárášjohka, Norway, November 23-24, 2006. Looks at the process of establishing ethics standards for Sámi research.

Personal perspectives, by the author, on the emergence of American Indian Studies as an autonomous discipline in the United States.

Explanation of important features of behavioral health issues for American Indian and Alaska Natives.

Political Economy and Government Thesis (Ph. D.)--Harvard University, 1999.

Examines the 'strike' by Gurindji people and their self relocation of their community as an act of activism to regain their land.

Editorial states that in a healing journey individuals must not see themselves as wounded, or they will not adapt in the face of adversity.

Peace and Conflict Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2016

Introduction to a special themed issue on the connections and relationships between art, activism, resurgence, and resistance and how Indigenous artistic creation is connected to history, land, and community.

Book review of: Full Circle: Canada's First Nations by John L. Steckley and Bryan D. Cummins.

Discusses how ancestral law and traditional practices of the Diné are understood and applied by the Navajo Nation Council and other cultural and environmental organizations.

Comments on the apparent double standard that exists in International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions. To access this article scroll down to page 20.

Considers how Tlingit and Tagish oral traditions about the sentience of glaciers might be used to inform discussions about the effects of climate change. Argues that concepts of “slow activism” and “narrative ecologies" embedded in these traditions can help to upset mainstream perceptions of environmental realities.

Examines changes in 1983 and 1985 constituencies and legislative amendments reversing the consolidated Indian Act of 1876.

Looks at issues of Indigenous constitutional visions, treaty constitutionalism and decolonization through a gendered lens. Paper presented at the 80th Annual Conference of the Canadian Political Science Association, UBC, June 2008.

Environmental Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2002.

Discusses artists works in the exhibition "Ghost Dance: Activism. Resistance. Art" as part of a wider movement to define Indigenous style.

Dr. Grace Woo, author of the book Ghost Dancing with Colonialism: Decolonization and Indigenous Rights at the Supreme Court of Canada, discusses the continued colonization of Indigenous Canadians enabled within the judicial system. Duration: 28:12 Part 1 of 2. Link to Part 2 record: Ghost Dancing With Colonialism Part 2

Dr. Grace Woo, author of the book Ghost Dancing with Colonialism: Decolonization and Indigenous Rights at the Supreme Court of Canada, discusses the continued colonization of Indigenous Canadians enabled within the judicial system. Duration: 30:56 Part 1 of 2. Link to Part 1 record: Ghost Dancing With Colonialism Part 1

Book review of: Ghost Dancing with Colonialism by Grace Li Xiu Woo. Scroll down to page 157 to read review.

Book Review of:Ghost Dancing With Colonialism by Grace Woo.

Public Administration Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2013.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2016.

Explains how gathering at the Point to roast wild rice and therefore renewing and honouring relationships between Anishinaabeg, the location and the sacred food constitutes an act of governance.

Highlights the programming developed in the 1990s. Created for the 25th Anniversary of the Aboriginal Film and Video Art Alliance. Duration: 15:46.

Looks at maintaining cultural identity while living in an urban environment.

Discusses the challenges facing the social work profession.

Looks at spatial tagging using the Idle No More urban flash mob round dance and Walking With Our Sister art installation.

Discusses the Two-Row poetry of Peter Blue cloud by comparing it to the Haudenosaunee Two-Row Wampum, and then uses “trans-systemic” analysis to map out the importance of two-row thinking for changing the relationship between Indigenous and settler-colonial legal regimes.

Discusses relationship building, trust and power.

Looks at the Greenlandic Home Rule which was founded in 1979.

Author, and guest editor of the section on Critical Engagements with the NMAI (National Museum of the American Indian) discusses the varied response to the museum since its opening two years prior, and introduces the article contained in this section.

Article introduces the Special Issue: Decolonizing Archaeology and the articles it contains. Describes problematic practices within the field and the work being done to change them.

Explores different ways that Indigenous relationships to land and place have been disrupted by settler-colonialism; offers suggestions for disrupting and unsettling neocolonial and neoliberal frameworks surrounding land and place.