Indigenous peoples

Colonialism is a big theme in the 20th century. Both Gandhi and Fanon have written on colonialism and violence during that era. One if them is a guru of India, leading people to peace and unionship; the other is a psychiatrist working in Algeria, seeing the condition of Algerian people under the French control. Having experienced authentic colonialism during their years of service in an developing or underdeveloped country, they both have feelings to express regarding the oppression enforced by…

do appreciate about UW is the diversity that can be seen all across campus. It is diverse enough to feel like you are out of your own cultural comfort zone, but yet, for lack of a better word, UW is still quaint enough that you can find many other people who look similar to yourself, no matter what cultural group you may identify with. That being said, I definitely do feel that completely immersing myself in a new cultural experience would be a humbling experience, as well as make me more aware…

While many yearn for this change there are those who detest the very concept. These people believe that their identity and culture comes under threat if globalization is involved. This debate occupies the minds of many as the research the change that globalization brings to the continent of Africa and other nations. What we do know for…

The impending crisis with Indian affairs in the territories of the American West began to develop after the 1840s, when national expansion undermined the official policies that called for the Indigenous Natives to reside separate from civilized society.1 Those in sympathy with the plight of the Natives, such as Episcopalian Bishop, Henry Whipple, sought to reform the outdated policies and corrupted government agencies that handled the Native population.2 Reformers agreed that the treatment of…

The Language of the Storytellers: A look at the Symbolic and Form Language of North American Indigenous Representational Art Introduction In 1987, James Keyser proposes that “some ledger drawings done after 1870 … obtain the original artists’ interpretations … The result is a series of drawings that serve as a ‘Rosetta Stone’, (Keyser 1987, 43).” He follows this description with the possibilities of the usages, and its impact of the inclusion of ethnographic sources as the visual/ verbal…

Robertson's Conquest by Law: How the Discovery of America Dispossessed Indigenous Peoples of Their Lands centers on the landmark 1823 Supreme Court case Johnson vs. M'Intosh. Robertson's research provides previously undiscovered knowledge of the circumstances surrounding the case, placing the case in a new context. Robertson tells the story of a costly mistake, one made by the American judicial system but paid for by indigenous people who to this day suffer from the effects of American…

Witch, a word that most people associate with images of hags riding on brooms, cackling into the night, long noses and pointy hats— some people even associate witches with devil worship. Some think Witches are only fairy tales, characters in scary stories you tell to children to make them behave. When I hear the word “witch” I think of my Abuelita, I think of the special Teas she taught my Meemaw and mother to make, I think of all the stories my Meemaw told me about her— how people used to…

Malaysia is a multi-cultural country consisting of Malays, Chinese, Indian, Orang Asli or the indigenous groups comprising of Senoi, Jakun and Negritos in Peninsula Malaysia and the such as the Dayak, Iban, Bidayuh, Orang Ulu in Sarawak and the Kadazan-Dusun, Bajau and Murut in Sabah. Each group brings with them their own cultures, art and architectural designs. The traditional Malays architecture is based on simplicity of design ideally suited to the tropical conditions. Taking into…

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North America is currently in the era of truth and reconciliation for First Nations people. Since Stephen Harper’s public apology for Canadian residential schools, education, literature, politics are all in a stage a recuperation. In Joseph Boyden’s Legend of the Sugar Girl and Jo-Ann Episkenew’s Taking Back Our Spirits a consistent theme of intergenerational trauma is present. Both Boyden and Episkenew express concerns with matters regarding health, family, and identity. Boyden’s literature…