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Indigenized Eevee
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I've long been in my decolonize and Indigenize my Christian faith chapter of my Christian faith journey đ
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Jearica Fountain
Examples of decolonial research methodologies - Linda Tuhiwai Smithâs 25 Indigenous projects:
Claiming
âThey teach both the non-indigenous audience and the new generations of Indigenous peoples an official account of their collective storyâ (p. 144)
Testimonies
âIndigenous testimonies are a way of talking about an extremely painful event or series of eventsâ (p. 144)
Storytelling
âThese new stories contribute to a collective story in which every Indigenous person has a placeâ (p. 144)
Celebrating Survival
âCelebrating survival accentuates not so much our demise but the degree to which Indigenous peoples and communities have successfully retained cultural and spiritual values and authenticityâ (p. 145)
Remembering
âBoth healing and transformation become crucial strategies in any approach which asks a community to remember what they may have decided unconsciously or consciously to forgetâ (p. 146)
Indigenizing
âThe term centres a politics of Indigenous identity and indigenous cultural actionâ (p. 146)
Intervening
âIntervening takes action research to mean literally the process of being proactive and of becoming involved as an interested working for changeâ (p. 147)
Revitalizing
âIndigenous languages, their arts and their cultural practices are in various states of crisisâ (p. 147)
Connecting
âConnecting is related to issues of identity and place, to spiritual relationships and community well-beingâ (p. 149)
Reading
âCritical rereading of Western History and the Indigenous presence in the making of that history has taken on a different impetus from what was once a school curriculum designed to assimilate Indigenous childrenâ (p. 149)
Writing
âBiographies and autobiographies including those which are accounts âtold to a non-Indigenous personâ, are sought after by a new reading audience of Indigenous peopleâ (p. 150)
Representing
âIndigenous communities have struggled since colonization to be able to exercise what is viewed as a fundamental right, that is to represent ourselvesâ (p. 150)
Gendering
âGendering Indigenous debatesâŠis concerned with issues related to the relations between Indigenous men and womenâ (p. 151)
Envisioning
âThe confidence of knowing that we have survived and can only go forward provides some impetus to a process of envisioningâ (p. 152)
Reframing
âReframing is about taking much greater control over the ways in which Indigenous issues and social problems are discussed and handledâ (p. 153)
Restoring
âIndigenous peoples across the world have disproportionately high rates of imprisonment, suicide and alcoholismâ (p. 155)
Returning
âThis project intersects with that of claiming. It involves the returning of lands, rivers, and mountains to their Indigenous ownersâ (p. 155).
Democratizing
âDemocratizing in Indigenous terms is a process of extending participation outwards through reinstating principles of collectivity and public debatesâ (p. 156)
Networking
âNetworking a process which Indigenous peoples have used effectively to build relationships and disseminate knowledge and informationâ (p. 157)
Naming
âThis means renaming the world using the original Indigenous namesâ (p. 157)
Protecting
âThis project isâŠconcerned with protecting peoples, communities, languages, customs and beliefs, art ideas, natural resources and the things Indigenous peoples produceâ (p. 158)
Creating
âThe project of creating is about transcending the basic survival mode through using a resource or capability which every Indigenous community has retained throughout colonization â the ability to create and be creativeâ (p. 158)
Negotiating
âNegotiating is about thinking and acting strategicallyâŠthe continued faith in the process of negotiating is about retaining a faith in the humanity of Indigenous beliefs, values and customary practicesâ (p. 160)
Discovering
âThis project is about discovering Western science and technology and making science work for Indigenous developmentâ (p. 160)
Sharing
âThe final project discussed here is about sharing knowledge between Indigenous peoples, around networks and across the world of Indigenous peoplesâ (p. 160).
A conversation with Meda DeWitt, Alaska Native traditional healer, president of Stand Up Alaska, executive director of Alaskans Take aâŠ