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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"indigenous agency"”.
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INDIGENOUS AGENCY AND A NEW POSTCOLONIAL AINU DISCOURSE: A STUDY OF AINU CULTURAL DISPLAY SITES IN HOKKAIDO
… using Simone Bignall¿s framework of postcolonial agency (2010). At these sites, local Ainu people participate in cultural revitalization work on different levels. I identified three themes that are central to their cultural practices.
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To Plow a Lonely Furrow: Indigenismo and Mapuche Politics in Chile, 1920-1960
… the Americas were questioning how to incorporate indigenous populations into modern national states. While many historical accounts of similar phenomena in other countries have drawn categorical distinctions between indigenismo (as a movement led by white elites) and indigenous activism (led by …
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Osage Glass Bead Use: Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Evidence of Change and Continuity Through the Early Postcontact Era
… lack of discussion about cultural continuity and indigenous agency is problematic because it minimizes the Osages' role in their own cultural development. This problem is addressed through a study of archaeologically recovered glass beads from four post-contact Osage sites in Missouri: the Brown, …
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Warriors and Healers of the Eastern Band of Cherokee: Peoplehood, Survivance, and Military Service in World War I (1917-1924)
… warriors during World War I, emphasizing Indigenous agency, cultural survival, and community within a settler-colonial framework. It explores how these warriors navigated military service as both an assertion of sovereignty and a means of survival, using their enlistment to resist colonial …
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Controlling the Dragon: An ethno-historical analysis of social engagement among the Kamoro of South-West New Guinea (Indonesian Papua/Irian Jaya)
… (and eternal) cultural heroes, underlie indigenous modes of historical consciousness which are ultimately grounded in forms of social reciprocity. One key characteristic of the amoko-kwere is the incorporation of foreign elements and their reformulation as products of indigenous agency. …
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Controlling the Dragon: An ethno-historical analysis of social engagement among the Kamoro of South-West New Guinea (Indonesian Papua/Irian Jaya)
… (and eternal) cultural heroes, underlie indigenous modes of historical consciousness which are ultimately grounded in forms of social reciprocity. One key characteristic of the amoko-kwere is the incorporation of foreign elements and their reformulation as products of indigenous agency. …
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Unsettling Revitalization in Toronto: The Fantasy and Apology of the Settler City
At a time when social movements for Indigenous resurgence in Canada are as powerful as ever, and are coupled with state-sponsored reconciliation and recognition efforts (focused primarily on residential schools), it is crucial to examine the ongoing systemic processes unique to the settler colony …
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Indigenous Futures: What Makes Indigenous Resurgence Possible?
This dissertation is about Indigenous resurgence amongst six First Nations communities in the Nicola Valley, British Columbia. The Nicola Valley is home to both the Syilx and Nłeʔkepmx. Drawing from the work of Indigenous theorists, I conceptualize resurgence as the regeneration of an Indigenous …
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O direito a um passado na luta para existir no presente: disputas pela memória indígena nas escritas da História do Rio Grande do Norte (1994-2021)
… of Rio Grande do Norte, the existence of indigenous peoples in that state became public. However, this fact came into conflict with the narratives consolidated by the classical local historiography, which admitted a disappearance of these ethno-cultural identities in the state. In view of …