Indigeneity and Decolonial Resistance

"Challenging the tropes of dominant sociopolitical theory, Indigeneity and Decolonial Resistance is a bold, brazen and uncompromising collection of essays that stands at the cutting edge of decolonial studies."

"Boldly unmasking and challenging the colonial logic that underpins homogenizing classroom instruction across the disciplines and affirming the anti-colonial theoretical foundations of epistemic resistance rooted in indigenous spirituality, ways of knowing and being, this visionary collection offers vital conceptual tools and pedagogical possibilities that are bound to advance the global struggle for humanizing knowledge production and anti-racist education practice."

Joyce E. King, PhD, Benjamin E. Mays Endowed Chair for Urban Teaching, Learning & Leadership, Georgia State University, USA

“Back in the Day”
Phyllis McKenna

1. Indigeneity and Decolonial Resistance: An Introduction
George J. Sefa Dei and Cristina Sherry Jaimungal

2. Decolonial Latinx Feminist Spiritual Practices in Processes of Decolonization
Carolina Rios Lezama

3. (Re)Claiming Spirituality as Anti-Colonial Resistance and Decolonial Praxis: An Africana-Feminist Discussion on Spirituality and Indigenous Knowledges in Education
Janelle Brady

4. Reflections on the Implications of Western Theories on Indigenous Populations: Decolonizing and Indigenizing the Classroom
Cristina Bianchi

5. Decolonizing the Geography Classroom: A Call to Action for Educators to Reimagine Pedagogy of Place
Jessica Peden

6. “Indigenous Knowledges”: Issues of Commodification, Privatization, and Intellectual Property Rights
Mandeep Jajj

7. Decolonization Through Decentralization
Rachel Buchanan

8. The Role of English Education in Post-Colonial Egypt: Criticisms and Solutions for the Future
Hagger Said

9. Education in Somalia: The Role of International Organizations in Formal Education
Shukri Hilowle

10. Development, Research, and the Commodification of Poverty in Africa: Rethinking Research Narratives
Wambui Karanja

11. Dreaming Our Way to New Decolonial and Educational Futurities: Charting Pathways of Hope
Kimberly L. Todd

Who Am I? (Poetry)
Phyllis McKenna

Decolonization (Think Piece)
Phyllis McKenna

Author Profiles

George J. Sefa Dei

Ghanaian-born George J. Sefa Dei is Professor of Social Justice Education and Director of the Centre for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT). He has written extensively on anti-racism education, minority youth and schooling, Indigenous knowledge, Blackness and Black Indigeneity.

Cristina Jaimungal

Cristina Jaimungal is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Social Justice Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT). Anchored in anti-colonial research methods, anti-racism studies, and critical language theory, her research interests examine the racial politics embedded in the project of English-language education. Jaimungal holds a B.A. with honors in English and Professional Writing (York University) and an M.A. in Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning, with a specialization in Comparative, International, and Development Education (University of Toronto)