Decolonization

[Department of Film and Media Studies]Thesis (Ph.D)--Arizona State University, 2017. Focuses Sydney Freeland's Drunktown's Finest.

Indigenous Peoples Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2011.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Dalhousie University, 1996.

Native American Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California (Davis), 2008.

Looks at a grassroots project to preserve a site where a battle took place in 1785.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massey University, 2002.

Uses example of the Chippewas Tri-Council land claim to show the process of colonial government of Indigenous communities.

Three non-Indigenous teacher-educators reflect on the ways their responses to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action and the corresponding provincial mandates have been positively and constructively influenced by their professional relationships with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people.

Research uses qualitative interviews with Indigenous and non-Indigenous health care and social services providers to examine the barriers that Indigenous people face when accessing healthcare; suggests possible strategies to improve responsiveness.

Chapter from Neo-Colonial Injustice and the Mass Imprisonment of Indigenous Women edited by Lily George, Adele N. Norris, Antje Deckert, Juan Tauri. Discusses the connection between colonialism and the large incarceration rates of Indigenous women in Canada.

Presents legal aspects of language rights and the Federal Government actions in the Yukon and Northwest Territories.

Analytical review, that should be approached from an holistic perspective that is both realistic, and historically and socially accurate.

Looks at the many effects of colonialism on First Nations people of Canada.

Presents perspective of a Greenlander.

Article provides a response to two papers which expressed the fears of loss of economic security and autonomy for Dene settlements.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Lakehead University, 2011.

Presents a narrative study that explores the research question: "What are the decolonizing processes of practicing teachers involved in a provincially funded initiative to improve schooling for urban Aboriginal students?"

Simpson uses traditional stories and teachings to talk about traditional knowledge systems, ways of knowing and learning, and the interconnectedness of ecosystems and of generations. Video of Conference Presentation: Freedom Sings: Indigenous Brilliance on the Land Duration: 42:29

Looks at the 2012 unveiling of a sculpture of Father Pandosy and how the use of Sylix knowledge both mitigates the erasure of Indigenous presence and acknowledges the Indigenous community within the framework of a settler-colonial identity.

Film criticism which discusses Lightning’s movie as an act of resistance to colonial backlash to reconciliation, and to settler narratives regarding Indian Residential Schools.

Examines American Indian cultural expressions linked to United States food assistance programs.

Graduate School of Cornell University Thesis (Ph.D.)--Cornell University, 2004.

Two-part paper first examine the history of Île-à-la-Crosse in the context of mainstream histories, then examines how local community histories have become markers of Aboriginality. Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 18.

Sociology and Anthropology (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2005.

Urban Planning Thesis (MPl)--Ryerson University, 2017.

Educational Foundations Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2001.

Discusses the Development Indicators Project, detailing a system that was developed to assist Indian communities with managing their own socio-economic and cultural revitalization.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2014.

English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Sherbrooke, 1999.

Determines six factors in need of improvement for quality of life (QoL): education and training, justice system, understanding of culture and rights, employment opportunities, community funding, spiritual spaces.

Abstracts of works in the Research Series. Aboriginal Sexual Offending in Canada by John H. Hylton. Mental Health Profiles for a Sample of British Columbia's Aboriginal Survivors of the Canadian Residential School System by Raymond R. Corrado, Irwin M.

Article critically examines the ways in which current standards around community-research partnerships tend to reinforce the colonial structures of heteronormative patriarchy, and continue to engage with Indigenous peoples as a single homogenous group. Author proposes Indigenous feminist and Indigenous women’s methodologies as a solution.

Looks at indigenous identity politics and its role in the Canadian political conversation.

Discussion of school reform in the United States and move towards more challenging content and higher performance standards.

Book review of: Concepts of Cabralism: Amicar Cabral and Africana Critical Theory by R. Rabaka.

Argues that small businesses started by Aboriginal peoples are starting to effect the state of the Aboriginal economy, but that an understanding of Aboriginal aspirations, cultures, and ways of living is needed to create a new society combining Aboriginal and Western ideas.

Interview with photographer about her photo series Concrete Indians and documenting Idle No More movement. Includes photographs.

Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of San Diego, 1998.

Critiques the Canadian fantasy of innocence and niceness regarding its historical colonial practices.

Argues that sexual violence much be approached from an anti-colonial perspective. Duration: 1:14:19.

Looks at the nature, means, and goals of collaborative ventures.

The author examines her own intellectual and personal colonization and the continued oppression of First Nations people and discusses how Aboriginal women need to be involved in restorative justice.

Investigates how the state facilitated railway construction through First Nations reserves as a framework of colonialism.

Discusses benefits of using a 'Generative Curriculum Model' in early childhood education training programs.

Article examines the work of Fred Gone and Mark “Rex” Flying and their use of the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP) to collect and share the stories of the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine communities in Montana in order to tell the histories of their peoples.

An examination of the shift from Indigenous women being highly valued in traditional Indigenous communities to being devalued in modern times through colonial interventions.

Discussion on art connects creativity to political processes and disrupted borders.