Envisioning Language Reflective of an Indigenous Worldview

[...]the Mi'kmaw language was robbed from me before my birth and, despite struggles to reclaim it, fluency still alludes me. [...]this envisioning is something of a quest to find space in the English language for my understanding of an Indigenous worldview, some may refer to this act as decolon...

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Published in:Antistasis 2019-01, Vol.9 (1), p.236-255
Main Authors: Downey, Adrian, Harkins, Mary Jane
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Language
Blogs
Boarding schools
Cross Cultural Studies
Education
Epistemology
Fathers
Graduate students
Handbooks
Independent study
Indigenous Knowledge
Language
Medical Services
Meetings
Mothers
Native peoples
Oral Tradition
Pedagogy
Research methodology
Residential Schools
Social privilege
Special Schools
World Views
Writing
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Summary:[...]the Mi'kmaw language was robbed from me before my birth and, despite struggles to reclaim it, fluency still alludes me. [...]this envisioning is something of a quest to find space in the English language for my understanding of an Indigenous worldview, some may refer to this act as decolonization or Indigenization; I prefer to think of it as the journey to find my talk. The Mi'kmaw language is embedded with relational knowledge, making it easier to situate information in relation to oneself. [...]any language reflective of Mi'kmaw knowledge must allow for the ability to situate oneself through connecting deeply to one's self, community, nation, and thereby, life story. [...]I told the stories I felt spoke the most truth to my topic and tried to tell them in such a way that reported but did not interpret (i.e. devoid of judgemental language). For those of us on the inside, however, we know how fast things can move. Since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) put forward its calls to action in 2015, there has been a flurry of action in Canada's universities as administrators and researchers attempt to respond.
ISSN:1924-6072
1929-5014