Your move to begin by talking about pilgrims as an oppressed group was such a shocking one to me and such a pedagogically helpful one. This all helps me frame what is currently going on in Gaza to Palestinians. Thank you.
Great presentation! I wonder then: what concepts can we, as members of oppressed groups, consider and integrate in order to dismantle internalized victimhood? I see it as holding the two concepts in each hand: on one hand, Indigenous Peoples have indeed been oppressed (and still are); in the other hand, our "liberation" starts with how we view and talk about ourselves in an empowered way. But how do we change that internalized thinking of living as victims? Miigwech!
I just wrote a paper related to this topic with decolonizing our oppressors to open everyone's eyes to environmental injustices and the psychosocial disorders that are the product of it.
I love that you talk about "Erasure". I see a lot of pundits in the media that are truly baffled by why nationalism is so prevalent now a days. A lot of people all over the world are afraid of "Erasure" of there culture so its strange to see people not understand the phenomenon. I am not saying it is something to fear, but erasure does exist and until we actually start talking about that instead of just ascribing racism to some mania or insane view of the world, we will just have more and more explosive dialogue. The way I see it, other races will come and go and learn from those that were before. As you yourself have said Anton....more or less......"the next generation is not the previous generation". I totally agree. Keep up the great work!!!!
Here's a little piece of history I didn't know until I moved to Wyoming. Did you know that Wyoming was the first state to give women the right to vote? That's why it's called the Equality State. The story goes that some of the men that voted in favor of this right for women only did so to bolster conservative voting blocks. It was assumed women would choose to vote in line with their husbands. It was not long after (maybe the next election cycle but I don't remember) that the legislatirs tried to repeal women's recently gained right to vote. They would have succeeded, too, except the governor vetoed that action.
My daughter is using that same book by Paulo Freire in studying for her master's in tribal governance. She was really taken by his work. I think I will try to audio listen to that book on my next travel to South Dakota. I'll have a thesaurus close at hand. Any book recommendations?
Your move to begin by talking about pilgrims as an oppressed group was such a shocking one to me and such a pedagogically helpful one. This all helps me frame what is currently going on in Gaza to Palestinians. Thank you.
Pleasantly appreciate your passionate peaceful pace coupling oppression and pain... chi miigwetch
Great presentation! I wonder then: what concepts can we, as members of oppressed groups, consider and integrate in order to dismantle internalized victimhood? I see it as holding the two concepts in each hand: on one hand, Indigenous Peoples have indeed been oppressed (and still are); in the other hand, our "liberation" starts with how we view and talk about ourselves in an empowered way. But how do we change that internalized thinking of living as victims? Miigwech!
I just wrote a paper related to this topic with decolonizing our oppressors to open everyone's eyes to environmental injustices and the psychosocial disorders that are the product of it.
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I love that you talk about "Erasure". I see a lot of pundits in the media that are truly baffled by why nationalism is so prevalent now a days. A lot of people all over the world are afraid of "Erasure" of there culture so its strange to see people not understand the phenomenon. I am not saying it is something to fear, but erasure does exist and until we actually start talking about that instead of just ascribing racism to some mania or insane view of the world, we will just have more and more explosive dialogue.
The way I see it, other races will come and go and learn from those that were before. As you yourself have said Anton....more or less......"the next generation is not the previous generation". I totally agree. Keep up the great work!!!!
Ah ho. I absolutely love your work. Gitchi gitchi megwetch!
Wow, that closing statement... Wow. Perfect.
You say the right things. Mii gwech.
Now I suggest reading “The Gulag Archipelago” as well.
great talk. Now I need to borrow the book from my daughter.
Thank you Anton Treuer.
Here's a little piece of history I didn't know until I moved to Wyoming. Did you know that Wyoming was the first state to give women the right to vote? That's why it's called the Equality State. The story goes that some of the men that voted in favor of this right for women only did so to bolster conservative voting blocks. It was assumed women would choose to vote in line with their husbands. It was not long after (maybe the next election cycle but I don't remember) that the legislatirs tried to repeal women's recently gained right to vote. They would have succeeded, too, except the governor vetoed that action.
My daughter is using that same book by Paulo Freire in studying for her master's in tribal governance. She was really taken by his work. I think I will try to audio listen to that book on my next travel to South Dakota. I'll have a thesaurus close at hand. Any book recommendations?
The Gulag Archipelago.
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