Exploring Syilx responsibility through sqəlxwcawt
department or school: Arts and Social Sciences, Irving K. Barber Faculty of (Okanagan)
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCO
creator: Alexis, Sarah
issued: 2024-12-24T18:24:50Z
issued: 2024
related degree: Master of Arts - MA
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: This thesis examines the story threads of syilx people and concepts regarding responsibility and enacting accountability to the ecosystems in the Okanagan Valley. The research looked at gaps in contemporary understanding of ecological accountability as informed by the nsyilxcn language. The thesis argues that understanding the conceptual ideas of the syilx regarding the larger ecosystem serves to establish stronger individual, familial, community, and national ties to environmental accountability and does this through syilx oral narratives that serve as a framework of looking outwards at the world. The methodological approach for this thesis includes a search and analysis through syilx-specific literature and autoethnographic sources and stories to help situate and address this research. The thesis queries asked: how do I as a syilx scholar approach Indigenous research through a syilxcentric analysis?; how did my experiences of being a sqilxʷ person inform coming into a view of sqəlxʷcawt?; how does nsyilxcn as a language in its authentic form underpin sqəlxʷcawt, (ways of being), to ensure the transfer between bodies of generational knowledge and inform our contemporary syilx responsibilities?; and how do syilx ancestral oraliture, captikʷɬ and smaʔmayʔ, inform syilx social values and understandings of responsibility, including water? The findings for this thesis is that contemporary syilx sqəlxʷcawt is informed directly from the intricate and lived understanding of the physical, metaphysical, visual, and spiritual connections of nsyilxcn.
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note: EXPLORING SYILX RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH SQƏLXWCAWT by Sarah Alexis B.A., University of British Columbia Okanagan, 2015 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS in THE COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Interdisciplinary Studies) (Indigenous Studies) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Okanagan) December 2024 © Sarah Alexis, 2024 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the College of Graduate Studies for acceptance, a thesis entitled: EXPLORING SYILX RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH SQƏLXWCAWT submitted by Sarah Alexis in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Arts. Dr. Jeannette Armstrong, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Supervisor Dr. Bill Cohen, Faculty of Education Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Marlowe Sam, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Rachelle Hole, Faculty of Health and Social Development University Examiner iii Abstract This thesis examines the story threads of syilx people and concepts regarding responsibility and enacting accountability to the ecosystems in the Okanagan Valley. The research looked at gaps in contemporary understanding of ecological accountability as informed by the nsyilxcn language. The thesis argues that understanding the conceptual ideas of the syilx regarding the larger ecosystem serves to establish stronger individual, familial, community, and national ties to environmental accountability and does this through syilx oral narratives that serve as a framework of looking outwards at the world. The methodological approach for this thesis includes a search and analysis through syilx-specific literature and autoethnographic sources and stories to help situate and address this research. The thesis queries asked: how do I as a syilx scholar approach Indigenous research through a syilxcentric analysis?; how did my experiences of being a sqilxʷ person inform coming int…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2025-02
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0447618
language: eng
degree discipline: Interdisciplinary Studies
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Armstrong, Jeannette C.
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/89991