Heartwork
Turtle Island Journal of Indigenous Health,
Nov 19, 2020
This is the first issue of the The Turtle Island Journal of Indigenous Health (TIJIH), and as the product of graduate students and community members associated with the University of Toronto, it will be of interest to educators. I found three articles to comment on:
Dana Hickey's exploration of Indigenous epistemologies, worldviews and theories of power. Readers of Foucault will be familiar with the relation between power and knowledge. This paper explores an Indigenous conception of power as including discussions of "sacred power sources, the abuse of power, Indigenous women, language, and knowledge, each of which are held together by the common prominent theme: relationships."
Amy Shawanda on Baawaajige, exploring dreams as academic references. This article remined me of research involving Julian of Norwich, a 14th century mystic who wrote of her visions in Revelations of Divine Love. This article treats dreams "as a valid source of knowledge for Indigenous students and
scholars" and provides advice on how to cite them.
Joshua Manitowabi on rearticulating Indigenous control of education. This article is useful as a history of educational policies related to indigenous education in Canada. It also looks at the need to decolonize education, and specifically, "raising awareness of overt and hidden racist ideology, cultivating respect for and inclusion of Indigenous knowledge and perspectives, having high expectations for Indigenous students."
You can download the full issue (82 page PDF) or each of the articles individually.
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