Keeping children safe in Anishininew ways: St. Theresa Point First Nations Okimimaak Grandmothers’ wisdom in response to the colonial violence and genocide against their children and families

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dc.contributor.authorCLARKE, MARY ANNE
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeFlaherty, Maureen (Peace and Conflict Studies)en_US
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeBadry, Dorothy (Social Work, University of Calgary)en_US
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeWoolford, Andrew (Peace and Conflict Studies)en_US
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeRocke, Cathy (Social Work)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorFlaherty, Maureen
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-13T13:40:32Z
dc.date.available2023-01-13T13:40:32Z
dc.date.copyright2023-01-09
dc.date.issued2022-12-16
dc.date.submitted2023-01-09T18:41:52Zen_US
dc.degree.disciplinePeace and Conflict Studiesen_US
dc.degree.levelDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)en_US
dc.description.abstractAbstract Grounded within Peace and Conflict Studies, this study examines the colonial violence and genocide against St. Theresa Point First Nation children and families and the peacebuilding options that can be found through the knowledge of some of their Okimimaak (Grandmothers). After generations of loss of losing children and grandchildren to the colonial Indian Residential Schools and the child welfare system, the goal of this research is to provide an opportunity for Okimimaak to voice their knowledge through Indigenous and participatory research supported by a document review of the applicable aspects of the relevant laws in relation to and contrast with how their grandchildren can be raised safely and healthy within their Anishininew ways. Okimimaak wisdom articulates how their traditional forms of caring for children can be a peacebuilding alternative to the structurally and culturally violent Child and Family Services system which has touched every family through loss of children, fear of it oppressing their lives, and its impact on parenting. Through Okimimaak lives of resistance, resurgence, and resilience, an example of Anishininew peacebuilding is identified. The wisdom shared from Okimimaak with this researcher is honoured as valid in its own right, and then placed in context with the researcher’s theoretical foundations, professional experiences, and a document review of Canada’s Indian Act (1876), Manitoba’s Child and Family Services Act (1997) and Canada’s An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families (2020). This presentation of their wisdom can be an initial step forward to a larger integrated interpretation of the Okimimaak experiences within Peace and Conflict Studies and the wider academic realm.en_US
dc.description.noteFebruary 2023en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/37104
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectPeace and Conflict Studiesen_US
dc.subjectFirst Nationsen_US
dc.subjectPeacebuildingen_US
dc.subjectChild welfareen_US
dc.subjectSt. Theresa Point First Nationen_US
dc.subjectGrandmothersen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous Peacebuildingen_US
dc.subjectColonizationen_US
dc.subjectGenocideen_US
dc.titleKeeping children safe in Anishininew ways: St. Theresa Point First Nations Okimimaak Grandmothers’ wisdom in response to the colonial violence and genocide against their children and familiesen_US
dc.typedoctoral thesisen_US
local.subject.manitobayesen_US
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