Winner of the 2021 Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book Award
Canadian Indigenous Literature and Art sheds light on Indigenous justice perspectives in Indigenous literature and art. Decolonizing education, culture, and society is the revolutionary pulse of this book aimed at educational reform and comprehensive change. Select works of published literature and exhibited art are interpreted in the critical discourse presented. Indigeneity as a lens is used to deconstruct education, accountability, and policy in Canada and globally. A new hypothesis is advanced about colonization and Indigenous voicelessness, helplessness, and genocidal victimhood as unchanging conditions of humanity. Activist pushback is demonstrated in the rise of Indigenous sources originating in global Canada. While colonization dehumanizes Canadian Indigenous peoples, a global movement has erupted, changing pockets of curriculum, teaching, and research. Through agency and solidarity in public life and, gradually, education, Indigenous justice is a mounting paradigmatic force. Indigenous voices speak about colonialism as a crisis of humanity that provokes truth-telling and protest. Glimpses of Indigenous futurity offer new possibilities for decolonizing our globally connected lives. Actionable steps include educating for a just world and integrating Indigenous justice in other advocacy theories.
âCompelling, interesting, important, and original. I was impressed with Carol Mullenâs knowledge as well as how she wove together this knowledge with both the literature and personal experience throughout this beautifully and soulfully written text. I appreciate how she illuminated spaces and people whose work is often relegated to dark corners.â
â Pamela J. Konkol, Professor of Foundations, Social Policy, and Research at Concordia University Chicago
Carol A. Mullen is Professor of Educational Leadership at Virginia Tech in Virginia, USA, and a twice-awarded U.S. Fulbright Scholar. Dr. Mullen has published over 24 academic books, including Creativity under Duress in Education? (Springer, 2019), Creativity and Education in China (Routledge, 2017), and Education Policy Perils (Routledge, 2016).
âCompelling, interesting, important, and original. I was impressed with Carol Mullenâs knowledge as well as how she wove together this knowledge with both the literature and personal experience throughout this beautifully and soulfully written text. I appreciate how the author illuminated spaces and people whose work is often relegated to dark corners.â
â Pamela J. Konkol, Professor of Foundations, Social Policy, and Research at Concordia University Chicago
"I believe that this book contributes much needed knowledge to the field, with earnest attention on Indigenous education. It is the first writing I have seen on this important topic that integrates Indigenous art and literature as tools for protest and meaningful change. Without a doubt, Canadian Indigenous Literature and Art breaks new ground for education in its content, frameworks, and presentation". Christopher H. Tienken, in AASA Journal of Scholarship and Practice, 18 (3), Fall 2021.
Tribute to Bernardo P. Gallegos
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Figures and Tables
Introduction
About the Author
1 Frames: Canadian Indigenous Literature and Art
â1 Frames Introduced
â2 Specialized Terms Defined
â3 Methods and Methodological Frames
â4 Selection Criteria
â5 Canadian Indigenous Art/ifacts
â6 Viewpoints
2 Tensions: Truth-Telling about Injustice in Canada
â1 Policy and Reform: Trend #1
â2 Testing and Education: Trend #2
â3 Diversity and Immigration: Trend #3
â4 Health and Environment: Trend #4
â5 Perspectives
4 Exhibits: Water and Land Politics in Aboriginal Art/ifacts
â1 Erasure.Exposure Narrative Friction
â2 Messages to Ponder
â3 Viewpoints
5 Interventions: Pedagogies for Decolonizing Education
â1 Interventions from Six Domains
â2 Ten Literature-Based Tenets
â3 Vigilance Practiced and in Practice
â4 Perspectives
6 Futurity: Glimpses of Indigenous and Settler Struggle
â1 Indigenous and Settler Futurity
â2 Visions of Indigenous Education
â3 Learning from the Past
â4 In Light of Indigenous Justice
â5 Perspectives
Epilogue
â1 International Linkages of Colonialism
â2 Recommendations from the Literature
â3 Eyes Wide Open