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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2019): Intersectionalities

“What Can I Do?”: Teaching Indigenous Content in an Era of "Reconciliation"

DOI
https://doi.org/10.48336/IJJKMQ6248
Submitted
March 21, 2019
Published
2019-12-14

Abstract

This article is reactionary to the current discourse about the inclusion of Indigenous content in social work education. I centre this discussion on the history of social work education and the contemporary responses to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (2015). Through engaging Guswhenta (the Two Row) wampum and the concept of “difficult knowledge” (Pitt & Britzman, 2013), I outline the potential roles and responsibilities of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous educators in social work.