Colonial Institutions and their Impact on Indigenous Societies: A Study of Select Native Writings
Author : Virender Pal
Abstract :
Native people across the world are still struggling to unload the bag and baggage of the colonial worldview that was thrust on them. The Natives conditioned by the colonial worldview are still struggling to decolonize themselves. The Indigenous writers know that decolonization cannot be achieved completely without establishing the distinct worldview that existed in pre-colonial times. The Natives were conditioned by the colonisers through colonial institutions like Native schools and Christianity. That is why the Indigenous writers are critical of the colonial institutions. This paper is a study of the impact of colonial institutions on Native populations and how the Native writers are trying to decondition their people.
Keywords :
Native, Christianity, worldview, colonizer, drought, rain
