Abstract

The purpose of this dissertation is to provide for my community, and for those brought up in a western context, an account of a catalytic process for personal, cultural and global transformation. My intentions are: to define and express decolonization through narrative; to document my personal experience of decolonization and the Recovery of Indigenous Mind process; and to narrate how Recovery of Indigenous Mind is a process for decolonization and how this reveals the connection to Ancestors, a process important and necessary for healing and change. ;Section One writes the Research Design as the content of the dissertation, and why it is a process that reveals personal and cultural power, at the same time deepening and grounding decolonization. This section reveals relationship with Ancestors, and answers the research question: Why is it important for us to know who our Ancestors are? ;Section Two is written as four narrative vignettes that share experience through words that are personal and meaningful to me as the storyteller. The vignettes assist in defining the Recovery of Indigenous Mind process in the form of narrative, so that those brought up in a western context can experience decolonization personally. ;Section Three is an entrance to the indigenous mind through decolonization. This section is a key to opening and understanding how the western mind operates through exploring the meaning of decolonization through narrative. This section is written as a guide for the entrance to the Recovery of Indigenous Mind process and to the indigenous worldview of a woman with Celtic ancestry. ;This dissertation is a foundation for my life and my own Recovery of Indigenous Mind process of healing through decolonization; it is also for those who hear the calling of their ancestors to initiate a healing process that is a remembering and a healing of who we are and from where we come, a process vital for the survival of the Earth and our future generations