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Writing Activism: Indigenous Newsprint Media In The Era Of Red Power, Elizabeth Best
Writing Activism: Indigenous Newsprint Media In The Era Of Red Power, Elizabeth Best
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
This thesis reconstructs Indigenous activism in the era of Red Power, 1972-1976, by examining three newspapers, the Native Youth Movement (NYM), The Native Voice (TNV) and The Native People (TNP). By linking these newspapers, the overarching themes of 1970s Indigenous activism are explored in order to understand the social conditions faced by young Indigenous people. Through a content analysis of these newspapers, the author examines questions such as: what were the living conditions of Indigenous people during the 1970s? What mattered most to the journalists and editors of these papers? What did Indigenous grassroots activism in Western Canada look like …
Yes, And Back Again By Sandy Marie Bonny, Catriona Duncan
Yes, And Back Again By Sandy Marie Bonny, Catriona Duncan
The Goose
Review of Sandy Marie Bonny's Yes, and Back Again.
We Share Our Matters / Teionkwakhashion Tsi Niionkwariho:Ten: Two Centuries Of Writing And Resistance At Six Nations Of The Grand River By Rick Monture, Eric Russell
The Goose
Review of We Share Our Matters / Teionkwakhashion Tsi Niionkwariho:Ten: Two Centuries of Writing and Resistance at Six Nations of the Grand River by Rick Monture.
More Than Stone And Iron: Indigenous History And Incarceration In Canada, 1834-1996, Seth Adema
More Than Stone And Iron: Indigenous History And Incarceration In Canada, 1834-1996, Seth Adema
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
This dissertation examines Indigenous (First Nation, Métis, and Inuit) history as played out in Canadian prisons. It argues that in the prison, processes of colonialism, decolonization, and neocolonialism took place simultaneously. In the nineteenth century, the prison was built as part of a network of colonial institutions and polices. It was imagined, designed, and built by representatives of the Canadian state alongside other colonial institutions, drawing on similar intellectual traditions. It maintains the imprint of this colonial origin. Prisons also became arenas for Indigenous cultural exchange and cultural creation, which in most cases subverted the logic of the prison. This …