Decolonial Goals and Pedagogies for Indigenous Studies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
N. Martin Nakata
Victoria Nakata
Sarah Keech
Reuben Bolt
Decolonization, vol. 1, no. 1, 2012, pp. 120-­140
Description
Examines alternative pedagogical approaches to Indigenous studies in higher education.
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Decolonial Interventions in Performance and New Media Art: In Conversation with Cheryl L'Hirondelle and Kent Monkman

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie Nagam
Kerry Swanson
Cheryl L'Hirondelle
Kent Monkman
Canadian Theatre Review, vol. 159, Summer, 2014, pp. 30-37
Description
Interviews two artists that combine emerging technologies with their art and are also featured in the Kanata Indigenous Performance New and Digital Media Art Project.
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Decolonization and the Pedagogy of Solidarity

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rubén A. Gaztambide-Fernández
Decolonization, vol. 1, no. 1, 2012, pp. 41-67
Description
Discusses three modes for a pedagogy of solidarity that construct new ways of entering into relationships with others.
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Decolonization is Not a Metaphor

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eve Tuck
K. Wayne Yang
Decolonization, vol. 1, no. 1, 2012, pp. 1-­40
Description
Examines what is distinct for projects of decolonization in relation to other human rights based social movements.
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Decolonizing Aboriginal Education in the 21st Century

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Ann Munroe
Lisa Lunney Borden
Anne Murray Orr
Denise Toney
Jane Meader
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 48, no. 2, Spring, 2013, pp. 317-338
Description
Looks at harmonizing Aboriginal knowledges with tenets of 21st century education in an effort to move forward with Aboriginal education.
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Decolonizing Attribution: Traditions of Exclusion

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane Anderson
Kimberly Christen
Journal of Radical Librarianship, vol. 5, June 3, 2019 , pp. 113-152
Description
Authors offer a decolonial critique of academic attribution practices arguing that they maintain the Euro-centric hierarchies of knowledge production. They argue for the decolonizing attribution by reevaluating the process through Indigenous lenses of kinship and connection to land.
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Decolonizing Both Researcher and Research and Its Effectiveness in Indigenous Research

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ranjan Datta
Research Ethics, vol. 14, no. 2, September 28, 2017, pp. 1-24
Description
Looks at ways of valuing and using Indigenous knowledge on an equal footing with Western methods, and integrating the two when appropriate. Explores issues such as disconnection from practice, unclear researcher responsibility, forms of neutrality, and overlooking participants cultural protocols.
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Decolonizing Diet: Healing by Reclaiming Traditional Indigenous Foodways

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Monica Bodirsky
Jon Johnson
CuiZine, vol. 1, no. 1, 2008, p. [?]
Description
Argues that stories about food gathering and recipes have become ways to revitalize food knowledge, cultural integrity, and community and therefore are necessary when healing trauma from colonization.
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Decolonizing Field Education: “Melq'ilwiye” Coming Together -- An Exploratory Study in the Interior of British Columbia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natalie Clark
Julie Drolet
Nadine Mathews
Patrick Walton
Paul Rene Tamburro
Jan Derrick
Vicki Michaud
Joanne Armstrong
Mike Arnouse
Critical Social Work, vol. 11, no. 1, Special Indigenous Issue, 2010, pp. 6-25
Description
Examines how cultural and traditional Aboriginal knowledge can improve social work and human service field education for both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students.
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Decolonizing Indigenous Restorative Justice is Possible

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John George Hansen
The Quint, vol. 1, no. 2, March 2009, pp. 15-46
Description
Looks at moving towards decolonization to resolve conflicts and heal through customs and ways of knowing. Scroll down to page 15 to read the article.
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Decolonizing Methodologies 15 Years Later

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eve Tuck
AlterNative, vol. 9, no. 4, 2013, pp. 365-372
Description
Response to a lecture given by Linda Tuhiwai Smith on the anniversary of her book, Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples.
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Decolonizing Métis Pedagogies in Post-Secondary Settings

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adam Gaudry
Robert L. A. Hancock
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 35, no. 1, Indigenous Pedagogies Resurgence and Restoration, 2012, pp. 7-22, 222
Description
Discusses the discourses of history for Indigenous education and how reconceptualizing Métis history is important to transforming educational institutions.
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Decolonizing Mi'Kmaw Education Through Cultural Practical Knowledge

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeff Orr
John Jerome Paul
Sharon Paul
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 37, no. 3, Special Issue: Indigenous Education: Ways of Knowing, Thinking, and Doing, 2002, pp. 331-354
Description
Looks at the success stories of three Mi'Kmaw teachers who are applying their own cultural knowledge in the classroom.
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Defining Indigenous

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Maybury-Lewis
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and Violent Conflict, Spring, 2005
Description
Comments on the need for additional criteria, in order to define indigenous peoples.
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Defining Traditional Healing

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gloria Lee
Justice as Healing, vol. 1, no. 4, Winter, 1996, p. [?]
Description
Perspective on maintaining or regaining balance discussed in relation to individual as well the relationship between tradition and the administration of justice in Canada. Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
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Definitions of Traditional Knowledge

Documents & Presentations
Description
Compilation intended to show variety of ideas surrounding the term and provide resources for forming conceptions of traditional knowledge and its place in the forestry sector.
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Dene Traditional Knowledge

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Martha Johnson
Northern Perspectives, vol. 20, no. 1, Summer, 1992
Description
Describes the Dene Cultural Institute Pilot Project, which has been developing methods to document Traditional Environmental Knowledge (TEK).
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A Description of British Columbia and Vancouver's Island (Including an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Native Indians)

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Duncan G.F. Macdonald
Description
This book was written to give what the author viewed as an accurate description of the two colonies (which would later join to become British Columbia) in opposition to what was being written about the place in the British press of the day. The author gives his opinion that British Columbia is primarily of value due to its gold deposits and holds little promise for agriculture. Chapter V deals with the Aboriginal population of British Columbia and expresses sentiments such as "The Indians must disappear before the March of Civilization." Note: an oversize endnote map has not been scanned.
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Design for the Contact Zone: Knowledge Management Software and the Structures of indigenous Knowledges

Alternate Title
Cultural Attitudes Towards Technology and Communication 2010 Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Cultural Attitudes Towards Technology and Communication Vancouver, Canada, 15-18 June 2010.
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Maja Van Der Velden
Description
Describes various approaches to using technology to deal with the difficult area of Indigenous knowledge, which does not lend itself to traditional Western systems.
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Developing Tautai Lavea‘i, a Breast Cancer Patient Nativation Program in American Samoa

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lana Sue I. Ka‘opua
Jennifer F. Tofaeono
Soono H. Park
Luana M.Y. Scanlan
Margaret E. Ward
Victor W. Tofaeono
Salilo Julia Foifua
Journal of Indigenous Voices in Social Work, vol. 1, no. 2, December 2010, pp. 1-20
Description
Discusses a program that includes the use of cultural beliefs, practices and customs for the health care needs of cancer patients in Indigenous communities.
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