Miyo wahkotowin: self-determination, colonialism and pre-reserve Nehiyaw forms of power
| dc.contributor.author | Wildcat, Matthew | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Alfred, Taiaiake | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-04-30T19:46:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-04-30T19:46:50Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2010 | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-04-30T19:46:50Z | |
| dc.degree.department | Faculty of Human and Social Development | en |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts M.A. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis explores whether reviving pre-reserve Nehiyaw forms of power represents a strategy of self-determination. To start, an understanding of colonialism is advanced based on the idea that colonialism is an intersectional process that involves both the actions perpetrated from a settler society unto Indigenous peoples, and the legacy of dysfunction that is left with Indigenous peoples as a result of colonization. Second, an understanding of pre-reserve Nehiyaw forms of power is developed, with a focus on how the interaction of legitimacy and authority can be used to explain pre-reserve Nehiyaw forms of power. Finally, I examine if reviving pre-reserve Nehiyaw forms of power represents a strategy of self-determination that addresses the intersectional nature of colonialism. I argue that it does, but in order to revive pre-reserve forms of power we must displace band councils as the site where we imagine a revival of pre-reserve Nehiyaw forms of power. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/2685 | |
| dc.language | English | eng |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.rights | Available to the World Wide Web | en |
| dc.subject | Indigenous self-determination | en |
| dc.subject | colonialism | en |
| dc.subject | Power | en |
| dc.subject | pre-reserve Nehiyaw society | en |
| dc.subject | pre-reserve Plains Cree society | en |
| dc.subject | band councils | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | UVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Social Sciences | en |
| dc.title | Miyo wahkotowin: self-determination, colonialism and pre-reserve Nehiyaw forms of power | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |