Indigenous decolinization

ARTICULATION OF ARGUMENT Marshallese rightfully deserve equal spaces within academia to prevent inaccurate publications and to address ongoing humanitarian commitments of selfdetermination.

Giving adequate spaces in the academy helps on-going decolonization and prevents further colonization.

SITUATING ARGUMENT 1. MENTAL COLONIZATION 2. EQUAL DIGNITY 3. “Decolonizing Methodologies” DR. LINDA TUHIWAI-SMITH 4. DISCRIMINATION in Academia 5. THE CULTURE is the CONTEXT 6.MODERN CULTURAL WARS 7. INDIGENIZING IS HUMANIZING

ARGUING THE SITUATION Negative Aspects of an Imperial Academic System Minorities that have been marginalized and stereotyped Identity Wars/Struggles/Resistance Social Injustice Moral Code

PROVING THE ARGUMENT Marshall Islands as Precedent *RESOLUTION 28 Ongoing Methods of Decolonization & Self Preservation *Scholarship (Dr. Nabobo-Baba, Dr. Tuhiwai-Smith, Dr. Haunani-Trask, etc.) *Conservation (Traditional Medicine of the Marshall Islands: The Women, the Plants, the Treatments) Using RMI’s Approach of upholding international commitments as a method of decolonization *United Nations Human Rights Declaration *United Nations Convention on Rights of Children (UNCRC) *United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

REFLEXIVITY Conclusions -Decolonization is an ongoing process -Decolonization is not a metaphor -Failure to follow traditional protocols has severe ramifications -Mental colonization can be promoted indirectly