Indigenous Community Projects: Addressing Colonization through Using Culture as a Protective Factor

Indigenous communities have painful histories of colonization, resulting in historical trauma and adverse current community conditions (CCCs). This is a mixed method study of Administration for Native Americans grants that includes analysis of project summaries and CCCs as well as a analysis of impa...

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Published inInternational indigenous policy journal Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 1 - 33
Main Authors Gordon, Heather Sauyaq Jean, Zukowski, Amy
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Scholarship@Western (Western University) 01.08.2023
Western University
University of Western Ontario
Subjects
American Indians
Colonization
Cultural values
Culture
Decolonization
Grants
Indigenous peoples
Native North Americans
Native studies
Protective factors
Sociocultural factors
Trauma
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Summary:Indigenous communities have painful histories of colonization, resulting in historical trauma and adverse current community conditions (CCCs). This is a mixed method study of Administration for Native Americans grants that includes analysis of project summaries and CCCs as well as a analysis of impact and effectiveness scores finished projects are given by ANA evaluators. The results show that all grants included in the analysis are addressing colonization and almost half of the grants are utilizing culture as a protective factor. The projects using culture as a protective factor have significantly higher effectiveness ratings, which means they are achieving their objectives more than those not using culture. Grantee project examples are in the discussion. The paper concludes with policy implications for funders.
ISSN:1916-5781
1916-5781
DOI:10.18584/iipj.2023.14.2.14723