You’ve Got to Paddle Your Own Canoe: The effects of federal legislation on participation in, and exercising of, traditional governance while living off-reserve

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dc.contributor.authorGeorge, Ronald
dc.contributor.supervisorClover, Darlene
dc.contributor.supervisorMcGregor, Catherine
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-07T18:26:30Z
dc.date.available2019-03-07T18:26:30Z
dc.date.copyright2018en_US
dc.date.issued2019-03-07
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studiesen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Education M.Ed.en_US
dc.description.abstractAbstract This project describes the challenges and impediments members of two clans experienced while growing up and living off-reserve. Members of the Gitimt’en clan and their father clan, the Likhts’amisyu, descendants of Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs Gisdayway (Thomas George), and Tsaybaysa (Mary George) respectively, and which includes the writer, related personal experiences of living off-reserve amidst the dominant colonial culture. Approximately 70% of the total Indigenous population in Canada live off-reserve. These experiences were documented through the Wet’suwet’en hereditary system which is an oral, transparent, publicly witnessed, and ever evolving living history. Through this project, our clan realized commonalities of experience, both positive and negative, as well as potential strategies to continue our hereditary governance system with increased efficiency and unity while we continue, through legislation, to live off-reserve. Consideration that the off-reserve population comprises approximately two thirds of the Indigenous population in Canada, and is yet to be recognized by government authorities, added legal challenges disproportionate to those of the dominant culture, and to the on-reserve population. Research for this project involved increased contact amongst clan members. Through increased contact and discussion, we discovered methods to ensure consultation and inclusion in our hereditary system while living off-reserve. Members of the Gitimt’en clan also worked toward increased communication with the Wet’suwet’en on-reserve population, as well as with both provincial and federal government authorities.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/10642
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectRacist education in Canadaen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous Red Curtainen_US
dc.subjectRoyal Commission on Aboriginal Peoplesen_US
dc.subjectOn/Off-reserve Indiansen_US
dc.subjectApartheid in Canadaen_US
dc.subjectDecolonisation,en_US
dc.subjectRacist legislation and government policyen_US
dc.subjectTruth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)en_US
dc.subjectTsebesa (Mary George)en_US
dc.subjectGeneral List Indiansen_US
dc.subjectresidential schoolsen_US
dc.subjectWet'suwet'en Matrilineal hereditary governance systemen_US
dc.subjectUnited Native Nationsen_US
dc.subjectSmogilthgem (Gloria George)en_US
dc.subjectElected chiefs and government controlen_US
dc.subjectAssembly of First Nationsen_US
dc.subjectConstitution Expressen_US
dc.subjectInternal-Internalized Colonialismen_US
dc.subjectReconciliationen_US
dc.subjectFirst Nations/Status Indians/ Legal Indians,en_US
dc.subjectEnfranchised/Non-status Indians/Illegal Indiansen_US
dc.subjectGenocideen_US
dc.subjectcultural genocideen_US
dc.titleYou’ve Got to Paddle Your Own Canoe: The effects of federal legislation on participation in, and exercising of, traditional governance while living off-reserveen_US
dc.typeprojecten_US

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