Abstract
Decolonizing methodologies and dismantling the ‘Other’ are crucial in order for Indigenous communities to be able to reclaim their cultural traditions and language and establish their own autonomy which is free from the structural constraints of the State, the educational system and the medical sphere, to name but a few. These influential institutions in Canada have been responsible for the generational trauma Indigenous communities continue to endure in today’s society; attempts by the State to enforce cultural assimilation was fuelled by the implementation of the Indian Act (that aimed to systematically erode Indigenous culture) and throughout the Residential School System (in which children were forcibly removed from their families and suffered a series of distressing abuse).
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Presentation Type
Theme
Community Diversity and Governance
KEYWORDS
Tourism Other Indigenous
