Indigenous disability studies / edited by John T. Ward.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ward, John T. (Disability expert), editor.

ProQuest ebook central

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with disabilities.

Indigenous peoples.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 333 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.

Biography/History:

John T. Ward is a Metis and Non-Status Indian from the Algonquin territory of Kitchisibi. His specialization is Indigenous wholistic knowledge, ethics, disabilities, learning disabilities, and dyslexia among Indigenous people in Canada. He also works as a special advisor in disability and Indigenous knowledge in the Government of Canada.

Contents:

Introduction / John T. Ward

The colonial education system : teaching Indigenous children with learning differences / Elder Annie Smith St-Georges

St. Anne's Indian Residential School : how labelling contributed to disabilities / Elder Peter Nakoochee

Interpreting disabilities from a Mohawk perspective : elder guidance when navigating the dreamworld / Elder Tom Dearhouse

Disability interpretation from colonial insight to Indigenous spirituality : a Ihanktonwan Dakota and Chickasaw realization / Chief Phil Jane J

An Eskimo's lived experience of disabilities : elder, advocate, leader, and dialogue builder / Elder Percy Ballot

Perspectives of disability in the Yukpa peoples of Venezuela and Colombia from an Indigenous psychological perspective / Elder Rodolfo Andres Jauregui Ojeda

To see or not to see : am I blind or is that just another colonial label / Kevin Morgan

Reframing the narrative : navigating self-representation : Indigenous deaf people / Melanie McKay-Cody

Neurodiversity from an Indigenous perspective : honouring the seven grandfather teachings / Lexi (Giizhigokwe) Nahwegiizhic

Navigating my Indigeneity through colonialism and how disabilities impacted my knowledge systems : a Muiscas and Teusacá experience / Angela Patricia Mora Rodriguez

Navigating disabilities from a Mauritius perspective / Vijaye Lutchmee Davi Jaypal

Reframing the narratives of Indigenous person with disabilities and creating inclusive spaces through advocacy / Pratima Gurung

Old meets new : moving forward with the colonial mindset of disability : a Kabyle perspective / Boussad At Yaagun Djerbid

The importance of Indigenous sign languages on the cultural empowerment of deaf Indigenous people / Rodney Adams and John Gilroy

Learning from traditional knowledge : Basotho Indigenous epistemology of disability / Maximus Monaheng Sefotho

Half Man of Spring Bayou : understanding and living with mild cerebral palsy through traditional Indigenous knowledge / Jean-Luc Pierite

The strength, wisdom, and resilience of traditional knowledge as a cultural approach to modern day living in Northern Canada an Inuk perspective / Noah Papatsie

From linguistic disability to linguistic diversity case studies of Taiwanese Indigenous peoples / I-Yun Cheng

Mushi and Muhavu beliefs, understandings, teachings, and traditional knowledge of disabilities / Carine Sacerdoce Kananga

Language structure or a language-based disability (dyslexia) : how natural learning contributed to being disabled / John T. Ward

Disability support for Indigenous people : the sweetgrass method / Mark Standing Eagle Baez and Thomas Dirth

Indigenous peoples with disabilities in Taiwan : the experiences of Paiwan people / Kui Kasirisir (Hsu, Chun-Tsai)

Difference wisdom : reimagining disability dialogue / Lavonna L. Lovern

The birth and care of Määt Jääy in a context of structural violence, 'disability" in a Mixe town in Oaxaca / Zoila Romualdo Pérez

We belong to you, but you don't represent us a Javanese (Indonesian) experience of disabilities / Umar

Understanding Indigenous disabilities : a cultural perspective of Indigenous Pashtun community / Zafar Khan

Intersectionalities of Indigenous disabilities : breaking down colonial barriers / John T. Ward

Disabilities in Uganda : understanding community challenges and barriers / Twinerugaba Barlton

Disabilities in Malawi : a cultural and social perspective as influenced by colonialism / Kennedy Mapira

Society's manner towards disabilities : a perspective from India / Manisekhar Palle

Taking care of disability people in Kenya / Duke Makori Mogusu

Conditions of disabilities in Uganda / Muganga Edison Twinemuhwezi

Weaving a human-centric tapestry : a Rwandan perspective / Diane Umuhoza Rudakenga.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 01, 2024).

Other Format:

Print version: Indigenous disability studies

ISBN:

9781040089606

1040089607

9781040089583

1040089585

9781032656519

1032656514

Publisher Number:

40032348546

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