Kia ora, I received an email about a new book: Being Again of One Mind
Oneida Women and the Struggle for Decolonization by Lina Sunseri. Details about the book are below: Taima
Being Again of One Mind combines the narratives of Oneida women of various generations with a critical reading of feminist literature on nationalism to reveal that some Indigenous women view nationalism in the form of decolonization as a way to restore traditional gender balance and well-being to their own lives and communities.
By giving a voice to Oneida women’s thoughts on tradition and nation, this book challenges feminist ideas about the masculine bias of Western theories of nation and about the dangers of nationalist movements that idealize women’s so-called traditional role. Its unique blend of theory and narrative shows that the insights of mainstream feminism cannot be applied universally to all women or to societies with traditional forms of nation based on good relations between men and women. Contrary to theorists who present the concept of nation as a recent Western phenomenon, Lina Sunseri shows that the Six Nations had a long history of nation that preceded contact with Europeans and the transformation of gender roles that followed.
This alternative theory of gender and nation shows that Oneida women do not view nationalism and the embrace of tradition as threats but rather as a way for Indigenous women and men to be again of one mind.
Endorsements
"Sunseri provides a beautifully woven methodological framework that answers first to Oneida traditions and then to sociological or feminist ones. This is an important example for other scholars who wish to move beyond a critique of Western knowledge methodologies and into action."
-- From the Foreword by Patricia A. Monture, Professor of Sociology, University of Saskatchewan
About the Author
Lina Sunseri, whose Longhouse name is Yeliwi:saks (Gathering Stories/Knowledge), from the Oneida Nation of the Thames, Turtle Clan, is an assistant professor of sociology at Brescia University College, an affiliate of the University of Western Ontario. She is co-editor of Colonialism and Racism in Canada: Historical Traces and Racism, Colonialism, and Indigeneity in Canada.
Contents
Foreword by Patricia A. Monture
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Theorizing Nations and Nationalisms: From Modernist to Indigenous
Perspectives
2 A History of the Oneida Nation: From Creation Story to the
Present
3 Struggles of Independence: From a Colonial Existence toward
a Decolonized Nation
4 Women, Nation, and National Identity: Oneida Women Standing
Up and Speaking about Matters of the Nation
5 Dreaming of a Free, Peaceful, Balanced Decolonized Nation:
Being Again of One Mind
6 Concluding Remarks
Notes
References
Index
Monday, April 4, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Native Social Work Journal
kia ora,
the following site has a number of awesome articles relevant to Native/Aboriginal social work practices and theories. Volumes 1-7 are available online for free. You can view by author or title of articles.
https://zone.biblio.laurentian.ca/dspace/handle/10219/378
Awesome reading, Taima
the following site has a number of awesome articles relevant to Native/Aboriginal social work practices and theories. Volumes 1-7 are available online for free. You can view by author or title of articles.
https://zone.biblio.laurentian.ca/dspace/handle/10219/378
Awesome reading, Taima
NZ Parliament passes controversial bill
NZ Parliament passes controversial bill: in NZ Herald 24 March 2011:
Legislation that repeals the Foreshore and Seabed Act and gives Maori the right to seek customary title to parts of the coastline has been passed into law after a passionate debate in Parliament.
The Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill passed its third reading today on a vote of 63 to 56.
It has divided Parliament and split the Maori Party - Hone Harawira's opposition to it was the main reason he quit to become an independent.
National, the Maori Party and United Future backed the bill while Labour, the Greens, ACT, the Progressive Party and Mr Harawira opposed it.
Only about 30 Maori supporters were in the public galleries as the bill was passed, breaking briefly into song as the vote was read out.
Sitting with them was a small group who apparently opposed it. One man got to his feet and shouted in Maori before walking out.
Attorney-General Chris Finlayson, the minister in charge of the bill, said the third reading marked the end of more than two years' consultation and policy development on an issue that had vexed the nation for almost a decade.
"We have had a very long conversation, and one thing that has become very clear is that noise does not always equal principled opposition," he said.
The Maori Party staked its future on the bill, and said it had delivered on its promises to repeal the 2004 Act and restore Maori access to the courts.
"We have honoured our word," co-leader Tariana Turia said.
"The challenge now is to test this new law. The message we have been getting from some iwi leaders is that now that the right of access to the courts has been restored, case law in customary rights may be politically achievable."
Mrs Turia urged whanau, hapu and iwi to grasp the opportunity and go to court to seek customary titles.
Labour opposes the bill because it doesn't believe it will be a lasting solution.
"Only the lawyers are going to benefit from this, precious little else will be achieved," MP Shane Jones said.
"This bill is a betrayal and Maori people have been sold out."
Deputy Prime Minister Bill English said the bill was not what National wanted in every respect but the alternative would have been unresolved resentment and ongoing injustice.
"This bill isn't perfect but I suspect it will be lasting," he said.
Mr Harawira, whose appeal yesterday for a two-year moratorium on the legislation so it could be carefully considered by Maori fell on deaf ears, said it was "a sad betrayal" of all those who had voted for the Maori Party.
"This is a racist bill, nearly all Maori oppose it...our sovereignty is lost under this bill," he said.
Despite his fierce opposition to the bill, Mr Harawira forgot to cast a vote on its second reading and nearly missed his chance again today.
He cast his vote in Maori, and Deputy Speaker Lindsay Tisch said the translation represented it as "a view, not a vote".
Mr Harawira protested but Mr Tisch ruled the vote invalid.
National minister John Carter intervened, seeking the permission of Parliament for Mr Harawira to vote again.
It was granted, and Mr Harawira succeeded in having his vote counted.
The Green Party also said the bill was racist because it guaranteed free access to any beaches held under customary title.
Co-leader Metiria Turei said the 12,000 freehold titles already existing on the coastline did not guarantee that right.
The ACT Party tried to delay the third reading debate by putting up 700 questions to the chairs of select committees, a procedure which is allowed and, if it had worked, would have taken up so much time that the bill would not have passed before the 6pm adjournment.
But more than 600 were ruled out of order and the Government made sure most MPs who chaired select committees were not in the debating chamber to answer the others, so they had to be postponed.
ACT deputy leader John Boscawen managed to ask about a dozen pointless questions, wasting about 20 minutes.
Speaking during the debate, he said customary titles conferred on their holders rights over the coastline that no other New Zealanders could have.
"It could be a huge amount of the coast, billions of dollars of mineral wealth, a small group of Maori will have benefits denied to everyone else," he said.
Legislation that repeals the Foreshore and Seabed Act and gives Maori the right to seek customary title to parts of the coastline has been passed into law after a passionate debate in Parliament.
The Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill passed its third reading today on a vote of 63 to 56.
It has divided Parliament and split the Maori Party - Hone Harawira's opposition to it was the main reason he quit to become an independent.
National, the Maori Party and United Future backed the bill while Labour, the Greens, ACT, the Progressive Party and Mr Harawira opposed it.
Only about 30 Maori supporters were in the public galleries as the bill was passed, breaking briefly into song as the vote was read out.
Sitting with them was a small group who apparently opposed it. One man got to his feet and shouted in Maori before walking out.
Attorney-General Chris Finlayson, the minister in charge of the bill, said the third reading marked the end of more than two years' consultation and policy development on an issue that had vexed the nation for almost a decade.
"We have had a very long conversation, and one thing that has become very clear is that noise does not always equal principled opposition," he said.
The Maori Party staked its future on the bill, and said it had delivered on its promises to repeal the 2004 Act and restore Maori access to the courts.
"We have honoured our word," co-leader Tariana Turia said.
"The challenge now is to test this new law. The message we have been getting from some iwi leaders is that now that the right of access to the courts has been restored, case law in customary rights may be politically achievable."
Mrs Turia urged whanau, hapu and iwi to grasp the opportunity and go to court to seek customary titles.
Labour opposes the bill because it doesn't believe it will be a lasting solution.
"Only the lawyers are going to benefit from this, precious little else will be achieved," MP Shane Jones said.
"This bill is a betrayal and Maori people have been sold out."
Deputy Prime Minister Bill English said the bill was not what National wanted in every respect but the alternative would have been unresolved resentment and ongoing injustice.
"This bill isn't perfect but I suspect it will be lasting," he said.
Mr Harawira, whose appeal yesterday for a two-year moratorium on the legislation so it could be carefully considered by Maori fell on deaf ears, said it was "a sad betrayal" of all those who had voted for the Maori Party.
"This is a racist bill, nearly all Maori oppose it...our sovereignty is lost under this bill," he said.
Despite his fierce opposition to the bill, Mr Harawira forgot to cast a vote on its second reading and nearly missed his chance again today.
He cast his vote in Maori, and Deputy Speaker Lindsay Tisch said the translation represented it as "a view, not a vote".
Mr Harawira protested but Mr Tisch ruled the vote invalid.
National minister John Carter intervened, seeking the permission of Parliament for Mr Harawira to vote again.
It was granted, and Mr Harawira succeeded in having his vote counted.
The Green Party also said the bill was racist because it guaranteed free access to any beaches held under customary title.
Co-leader Metiria Turei said the 12,000 freehold titles already existing on the coastline did not guarantee that right.
The ACT Party tried to delay the third reading debate by putting up 700 questions to the chairs of select committees, a procedure which is allowed and, if it had worked, would have taken up so much time that the bill would not have passed before the 6pm adjournment.
But more than 600 were ruled out of order and the Government made sure most MPs who chaired select committees were not in the debating chamber to answer the others, so they had to be postponed.
ACT deputy leader John Boscawen managed to ask about a dozen pointless questions, wasting about 20 minutes.
Speaking during the debate, he said customary titles conferred on their holders rights over the coastline that no other New Zealanders could have.
"It could be a huge amount of the coast, billions of dollars of mineral wealth, a small group of Maori will have benefits denied to everyone else," he said.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Book: Indigenous Social Work around the World
Hello all
just been reading articles from the following book: Indigenous Social Work around the World: Towards Culturally Relevant Education and Practice by Mel Gray, John Coates and Michael Yellow Bird.
The book follows the thought that seeks to ask: how can mainstream Western social work learn from and, in turn, help advance Indigenous practice?
It is interesting and enlightening to read how different authors understand concepts such as decolonization, Indigenous practice, addressing diversity and cultural contexts. From my own perspective, it makes sense to find out how to address a range of cross-cultural contexts when applying a helping practice, however I do wonder at what expense this has on the First Nation or the Indigenous group on which the the practice is applied. A thought, Taima
just been reading articles from the following book: Indigenous Social Work around the World: Towards Culturally Relevant Education and Practice by Mel Gray, John Coates and Michael Yellow Bird.
The book follows the thought that seeks to ask: how can mainstream Western social work learn from and, in turn, help advance Indigenous practice?
It is interesting and enlightening to read how different authors understand concepts such as decolonization, Indigenous practice, addressing diversity and cultural contexts. From my own perspective, it makes sense to find out how to address a range of cross-cultural contexts when applying a helping practice, however I do wonder at what expense this has on the First Nation or the Indigenous group on which the the practice is applied. A thought, Taima
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Native Social Work Journal
Nga mihi mo te tau hou, Greetings, Happy New Year
The School of Native Human Services has completed Volume 7 of the Native Social Work Journal "Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging paradigms for Aboriginal social work practices". This version is now available online:
https://zone.biblio.laurentian.ca/dspace/handle/10219/378
There are some amazing articles written in this journal on Mental Health, I am sure you will find them interesting reading. Taima
The School of Native Human Services has completed Volume 7 of the Native Social Work Journal "Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging paradigms for Aboriginal social work practices". This version is now available online:
https://zone.biblio.laurentian.ca/dspace/handle/10219/378
There are some amazing articles written in this journal on Mental Health, I am sure you will find them interesting reading. Taima
Monday, January 10, 2011
new book by Russell Bishop, Dominic O'Sullivan and Mere Berryman
Scaling Up Educational Reform – Addressing the Politics of Disparity
by Russell Bishop, Dominic O’Sullivan and Mere Berryman (from Waikato University site: http://www.waikato.ac.nz/news-events/new-books.shtml)
What is school reform? What makes it sustainable? Who needs to be involved? How is scaling up achieved? This book is about the need for educational reforms that have built into them, from the outset, those elements that will see them sustained in the original sites and spread to others.
Using the Te Kotahitanga Project as a model Professor Russell Bishop, Dr Mere Berryman and Dominic O'Sullivan, branch out from the project itself to seek to uncover how an educational reform can become both extendable and sustainable.
Their model can be applied to a variety of levels within education: classroom, school and system wide. It has seven elements that should be present in the reform initiative from the outset. These elements include establishing goals and a vision for reducing disparities; embedding a new pedagogy to depth in order to change the core of educational practice; developing new institutions and organisational structures to support in-class initiatives; developing leadership that is responsive, proactive and distributed; and developing and using appropriate measures of performance as evidence for modifying core classroom and school practices.
This book is an essential read for anyone involved in the process of trying to achieve sustainable school reform that addresses the question of how mainstream schools can effectively address the learning needs of students currently not well served by education.
by Russell Bishop, Dominic O’Sullivan and Mere Berryman (from Waikato University site: http://www.waikato.ac.nz/news-events/new-books.shtml)
What is school reform? What makes it sustainable? Who needs to be involved? How is scaling up achieved? This book is about the need for educational reforms that have built into them, from the outset, those elements that will see them sustained in the original sites and spread to others.
Using the Te Kotahitanga Project as a model Professor Russell Bishop, Dr Mere Berryman and Dominic O'Sullivan, branch out from the project itself to seek to uncover how an educational reform can become both extendable and sustainable.
Their model can be applied to a variety of levels within education: classroom, school and system wide. It has seven elements that should be present in the reform initiative from the outset. These elements include establishing goals and a vision for reducing disparities; embedding a new pedagogy to depth in order to change the core of educational practice; developing new institutions and organisational structures to support in-class initiatives; developing leadership that is responsive, proactive and distributed; and developing and using appropriate measures of performance as evidence for modifying core classroom and school practices.
This book is an essential read for anyone involved in the process of trying to achieve sustainable school reform that addresses the question of how mainstream schools can effectively address the learning needs of students currently not well served by education.
Monday, January 3, 2011
U.S. will sign U.N. declaration on rights of native people
U.S. will sign U.N. declaration on rights of native people in by Krissah Thompson, Washington Post 16 December 2010
President Obama said Thursday that the United States will sign a United Nations non-binding declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples, a move that advocates called another step in improving Washington's relationship with Native Americans.
Obama announced the decision during the second White House Tribal Conference, where he said he is "working hard to live up to" the name that was given to him by the Crow Nation: "One Who Helps People Throughout the Land."
The United States is the last major country to sign on to the U.N. declaration, which was endorsed by 145 countries in 2007. A handful of countries, including the United States, voted against it because of the parts of the provision that say indigenous peoples "have the right to the lands, territories and resources which they have traditionally owned, occupied, or otherwise used and acquired."
That language does not override national law, and Canada and New Zealand, which also initially opposed the declaration, said in recent months that they would support it.
Obama has told Native American leaders that he wants to improve the "nation-to-nation" relationship between the United States and the tribes and repair broken promises. There are more than 560 Indian tribes in the United States. Many had representatives at the White House conference and applauded Obama's announcement.
Native American leaders said this week that they have mixed assessments of the administration's progress. Many praised the White House focus on Indian country, but others said some problems remain entrenched.
President Obama said Thursday that the United States will sign a United Nations non-binding declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples, a move that advocates called another step in improving Washington's relationship with Native Americans.
Obama announced the decision during the second White House Tribal Conference, where he said he is "working hard to live up to" the name that was given to him by the Crow Nation: "One Who Helps People Throughout the Land."
The United States is the last major country to sign on to the U.N. declaration, which was endorsed by 145 countries in 2007. A handful of countries, including the United States, voted against it because of the parts of the provision that say indigenous peoples "have the right to the lands, territories and resources which they have traditionally owned, occupied, or otherwise used and acquired."
That language does not override national law, and Canada and New Zealand, which also initially opposed the declaration, said in recent months that they would support it.
Obama has told Native American leaders that he wants to improve the "nation-to-nation" relationship between the United States and the tribes and repair broken promises. There are more than 560 Indian tribes in the United States. Many had representatives at the White House conference and applauded Obama's announcement.
Native American leaders said this week that they have mixed assessments of the administration's progress. Many praised the White House focus on Indian country, but others said some problems remain entrenched.
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