'They Call it a Healing Lodge, but Where is the Healing?': Indigenous Women, Identity, and Incarceration Programming

Clifford, Alicia Gayle

'They Call it a Healing Lodge, but Where is the Healing?': Indigenous Women, Identity, and Incarceration Programming

dc.contributor.advisor	Henry, Robert
dc.contributor.advisor	Godley, Jenny
dc.contributor.author	Clifford, Alicia Gayle
dc.contributor.committeemember	Voyageur, Cora J.
dc.contributor.committeemember	Leason, Jennifer
dc.date	2019-11
dc.date.accessioned	2019-09-03T16:11:00Z
dc.date.available	2019-09-03T16:11:00Z
dc.date.issued	2019-08-26
dc.description.abstract	This thesis examines the impacts of state-run Indigenous programming on Indigenous women’s cultural identities post-incarceration. Despite attempts to alleviate Indigenous incarceration numbers since 1999, Indigenous women in Canada continue to be one of the fastest growing federally incarcerated populations, as their numbers have more than doubled since 2001 (OCI, 2016; Reitano, 2017; Statscan, 2017). It is projected, at its current rate that by 2030 there will be more than 6500 Indigenous women housed in a federal corrections institution (Innes, 2015; OCI, 2016; Reitano, 2017; Statscan, 2017). However, there is limited focus on the impacts the criminal justice system, incarceration, and Indigenous programming may have on their perceived identity as an Indigenous woman post-incarceration. Institutional program evaluations continue to give secondary status to the voices of those imprisoned while privileging the voices of those who are employed by Correctional Service Canada reinforcing a top-down approach. Inmates serving federal time can be housed across Canada, therefore, many Indigenous women who find themselves in these institutions may not be lodged in their traditional territories, and those who transfer to a healing lodge are transferred to the Prairies. While serving time within another First Nations territory, the Indigenous women have to partake in cultural programming that is not their own due to limited access to a diverse range of knowledge keepers and Elders. At the same time, if Indigenous women want to return to their families and communities sooner, they must engage in programming, and specifically Aboriginal programming to lower their risk status to be eligible for early release. By undertaking this research from the perspective of Indigenous women, state co-ordinated Indigenous programming can be understood through the eyes of those that have lived experience, giving voice to the silenced.	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Clifford, A. G. (2019). 'They Call it a Healing Lodge, but Where is the Healing?': Indigenous Women, Identity, and Incarceration Programming (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.	en_US
dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/36919
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1880/110841
dc.language.iso	eng	en_US
dc.publisher.faculty	Arts	en_US
dc.publisher.institution	University of Calgary	en
dc.rights	University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.	en_US
dc.subject	Indigenous Women	en_US
dc.subject	Incarceration	en_US
dc.subject	Indigenous Studies	en_US
dc.subject	Prison Programming	en_US
dc.subject	Identity	en_US
dc.subject	Penology	en_US
dc.subject	Prisons	en_US
dc.subject	Incarceration Programming	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Education--Social Sciences	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Native American Studies	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Sociology	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Criminology and Penology	en_US
dc.title	'They Call it a Healing Lodge, but Where is the Healing?': Indigenous Women, Identity, and Incarceration Programming	en_US
dc.type	master thesis	en_US
thesis.degree.discipline	Sociology	en_US
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Calgary	en_US
thesis.degree.name	Master of Arts (MA)	en_US
ucalgary.item.requestcopy	true	en_US