Indigenous Studies
Unsettling Education
This edited collection tackles “unsettling” as an emerging field of study that calls for settlers to follow Indigenous leadership and relationality and work toward disrupting the colonial reality through their everyday lives. Bringing together Indigenous and non- Indigenous scholars and activists, Unsettling Education considers how we can reconcile and transcend ongoing settler colonialism.
The contributors reflect on how the three concepts of unsettling, Indigenization, and decolonization overlap and intersect in practical and theoretical ways. Questions are raised such as how can we recognize and address historical and current injustices that have been imposed upon Indigenous Peoples and their lands? How can we respect the fundamental and inherent sovereignty and rights of Indigenous Peoples as we work toward reconciliation? And how do we work collectively to build more equitable and just communities for all who call Canada home?
Unsettling Education is well suited for college and university courses in Indigenous studies or education that focus on decolonization, land-based learning, Indigenization, unsettling, and reconciliation.
FEATURES
- acting as a foundational guide for settlers for engaging with truth and reconciliation, this collection includes writings by Indigenous scholars from a diverse range of communities whose insights can translate to policy changes, new dialogues, and structural frameworks
- students are asked to focus on personal awareness, engagement, and transformation by unpacking identity, reflecting upon privilege and baggage, and disrupting the colonial underpinnings of everyday life
- pedagogically rich with critical thinking questions, key terms, and further readings, this volume is beneficial for instructors looking to engage with decolonizing, Indigenizing, and unsettling practices in the classroom
Cree Pedagogy: Dance Your Style
Cree Pedagogy: Dance Your Style examines the intrinsic value of First Nations perspectives, languages, and knowledges. Organized into three parts, this title focuses on the First Nations pedagogy on its own terms, a pedagogy rooted in land, language, culture, community, and Elder knowledge. This text opens with foundational principles such as exploring the history, theory, analysis, and implementation of First Nations pedagogy, and the introduction to core concepts of language at the heart methodology and practice, teaching as a gift, and the passing of knowledge. Part two focuses on askiy kiskinohmakewina: Earth Teachings; reflecting on how the land teaches us, what we learn from connecting to the land, and the philosophy of land-based education. Part three features wāsēyāw, which means the elements of nature shine a light on the path forward. It reflects on the knowledge of Elders and knowledge keepers, presents insights from Elders on Culture Camps, and maskikiw māhtāhitowin, medicine thinking. With contributions from leading Indigenous Studies scholars, Elders, and community leaders in Canada, Cree Pedagogy: Dance Your Style is a powerful and essential text for college and university students in Indigenous Studies and Education courses that promotes thoughtful interactions with the text through practical exercises and thought-provoking discussion questions.
Decolonization in Practice
Decolonization in Practice speaks to the practical work of dismantling colonial ideologies and features contributions from Indigenous, Black, racialized immigrant, refugee, and ally scholars, researchers, and practitioners who share their experiences enacting decolonizing work in their communities. Each chapter presents stories of inspiration, resistance, unlearning, relearning, and transformation on the journey towards reconciliation. This edited collection asks, “How do we understand anti-racist practice as a framework for reconciliation?” “How can we identify areas of obstacle and opportunity?” and “How can we take responsibility for decolonizing our ways of knowing and acting?” These questions are asked in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s assertion that meaningful engagement among Indigenous Peoples and non-Indigenous people will be key in advancing reconciliation through anti-racist solidarity. Contributors share personal decolonial stories and explore taking responsibility for building a decolonial community from and within everyday practice for transforming our learning into action to achieve social and environmental justice goals. This unique collection serves a variety of courses, including as a primary text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in Canada focused on decolonization, as a supplementary text for introductory-level courses in Canada that are incorporating discussions of decolonization, and as a primary or supplementary text for international courses.
Land as Relation
A critical and timely collection, Land as Relation introduces readers to an intersectional approach to Indigenous space and land-based education. Indigenous and ally-partnered contributors, from elders to emerging and established scholars, share teachings and scholarship grounded in Indigenous knowledge and philosophy.
These diverse perspectives on Indigenous pedagogies are intersected with content surrounding Indigenous languages, sciences, mathematics, arts, health, and governance. Divided into three parts, this text defines the interrelatedness of global Indigenous land protectors and educators, and the significant impact of Indigenous knowledges, language, and ceremonies on the collective social, spiritual, and physical wellness of all living beings.
Land as Relation demonstrates that Indigenous resistance and renaissance is essential for learners everywhere to understand how a collective notion of land education contributes to walking in harmony and balance, not only for themselves, but for their families, the larger communities that they are a part of, and the world. This collection is an accessible and engaging core resource for undergraduate and graduate students of education, Indigenous studies, geography, and environmental studies.
FEATURES
- grounded in Indigenous knowledge systems and provides practical examples of how land-based pedagogies can be applied in different communities and contexts
- features contributions from noted and upcoming Indigenous and ally-partnered scholars who have been gifted access to elders and deep cultural and linguistic knowledges of Indigenous nations
- includes learning aids such as end-of-chapter discussion questions, maps, photographs, and other visual tools
New Titles
Unsettling Education
Decolonizing and Indigenizing the Land
By Anna-Leah King, Kathleen O’Reilly, Patrick J. Lewis
Education / Indigenous Education / Indigenous Studies
Cree Pedagogy: Dance Your Style
By Angelina Weenie, Willie Ermine, Kevin Lewis, Ida Swan, Mary Sasakamoose, Jeffery Cappo, Deanna Pelletier
Education / Indigenous Education / Indigenous Studies
Decolonization in Practice
Reflective Learning from Cross-Cultural Perspectives
By Ranjan Datta
Indigenous Studies
Land as Relation
Teaching and Learning through Place, People, and Practices
By Margaret Kress, Kahente Horn-Miller
406 PagesEducation / Indigenous Education / Indigenous Studies
Indigenous Research Methods and Ways of Knowing
Indigenous Research Design
Transnational Perspectives in Practice
By Elizabeth Sumida Huaman, Nathan D. Martin
442 PagesEducation / Indigenous Studies / Indigenous Research / Indigenous Social Work / Research Theory and Methods / Social Work / Sociology
Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Research Methodologies
Local Solutions and Global Opportunities
By Elizabeth Sumida Huaman, Nathan D. Martin
382 PagesIndigenous Education / Indigenous Research / Indigenous Studies / Research Theory and Methods / Sociology
Decolonizing the Classroom
Cree Pedagogy: Dance Your Style
By Angelina Weenie, Willie Ermine, Kevin Lewis, Ida Swan, Mary Sasakamoose, Jeffery Cappo, Deanna Pelletier
Education / Indigenous Education / Indigenous Studies
Unsettling Education
Decolonizing and Indigenizing the Land
By Anna-Leah King, Kathleen O’Reilly, Patrick J. Lewis
Education / Indigenous Education / Indigenous Studies
Decolonizing and Indigenizing Education in Canada
By Sheila Cote-Meek, Taima Moeke-Pickering
316 PagesEducation / Indigenous Education / Indigenous Studies
Indigenous Health Care and Comumunity
Determinants of Indigenous Peoples’ Health, Second Edition
Beyond the Social
By Margo Greenwood, Sarah de Leeuw, Nicole Marie Lindsay
364 PagesAboriginal Politics / Health Studies / Indigenous Health / Indigenous History / Indigenous Studies / Nursing / Political Science / Social Determinants of Health
Introduction to Determinants of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples’ Health in Canada
By Margo Greenwood, Sarah de Leeuw, Roberta Stout, Roseann Larstone, Julie Sutherland
314 PagesHealth Studies / Indigenous Health / Indigenous Studies / Nursing / Social Determinants of Health
Land as Relation
Teaching and Learning through Place, People, and Practices
By Margaret Kress, Kahente Horn-Miller
406 PagesEducation / Indigenous Education / Indigenous Studies
Indigenous Food Systems
Concepts, Cases, and Conversations
By Priscilla Settee, Shailesh Shukla
292 PagesIndigenous Health / Indigenous Studies / Sociology / Sociology of Health
Indigenous Child and Youth Care
Weaving Two Heart Stories Together
By Cherylanne James
308 PagesChild and Youth / Indigenous Studies
Sivumut — Towards the Future Together
Inuit Women Educational Leaders in Nunavut and Nunavik
By Fiona Walton, Darlene O’Leary
178 PagesAnthropology / Education / Gender, Equity, Diversity / Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies / Indigenous Education / Indigenous Studies / Indigenous Women / Sociology / Sociology of Education / Theory, Policy, Practice
Indigenous Literature
Ravensong – A Novel
By Lee Maracle
186 PagesGender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies / Indigenous Literature / Indigenous Studies / Indigenous Women / Literary Studies
Bobbi Lee Indian Rebel
By Lee Maracle
210 PagesGender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies / Indigenous Literature / Indigenous Studies / Indigenous Women / Literary Studies
A Recognition of Being, Second Edition
Reconstructing Native Womanhood
By Kim Anderson
360 PagesGender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies / Indigenous Studies / Indigenous Women / Literary Studies / Race, Ethnicity, and Marginality / Sociology / Sociology of Ethnicity, Diversity, and Inequality / Sociology of Gender and Sexuality
Iskwewak Kah’ Ki Yaw Ni Wahkomakanak, Second Edition
Neither Indian Princesses nor Easy Squaws
By Janice Acoose
120 PagesGender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies / Indigenous Literature / Indigenous Studies / Indigenous Women / Literary Studies / Sociology / Sociology of Ethnicity, Diversity, and Inequality
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