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Paper Presentation

Indigenous and Tribal

Session: Intersections of Colonization, Disability, & Indigenous Rights

Colonization Legacies, Local Context, and Disability

Utilizing a post-colonial lens, this presentation highlights historical and present-day context of Southwest United States Latinx and Canadian Indigenous populations. It emphasizes the necessity for contextualized social work responses when addressing disability justice. The intersection of race, ethnicity, language, disability, and intergenerational trauma will be explored within historically colonized communities.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this session, attendees should be able to:
  1. 1.) Utilize a postcolonial lens to examine limited or truncated responses to disability justice.
  2. 2.) Explore the connections between systems of oppression (ableism, racism, sexism, etc.) highlighting the impact of intersectional identities within postcolonial contexts.
  3. 3.) Identify sustainable processes for disability justice within postcolonial environments such as participatory and reciprocal approaches.