Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Knowledge in the Era of (Re) colonization: Insights from a Rural Indigenous Santal Community

Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Knowledge in the Era of (Re) colonization

Insights from a Rural Indigenous Santal Community

Dr. Mrinal Debnath Ed. D.

Volume 23, Number 1 (2025) 23 (1): 84-108


Keywords Indigenous Wisdom, Ecological Consciousness, Nation, State, Colonial legacy, Sustainable World, Western Education Policy

Abstract

This paper analyzes how various of contested sites of the internationally recognized state encapsulated in the ethos of the West perpetuate colonial legacy, marginalize indigenous wisdom, and disregard ecological awareness and actions that go against the well-being of humans and the planet itself. These contested sites have been occurring due to ongoing imperialist-colonialist practices and policies imposed on indigenous peoples in the name of progress, development, and homogenization. This paper highlights the urgency and agency of restoring indigenous ecological consciousnesses and alternative ways of knowing so that they can re-emerge in our private and public lives to rebuild nations, peoples, and communities. The knowledge and acknowledgment of these issues drawing from a rural indigenous context in Bangladesh will help generate a broader understanding to formulate appropriate education policies, pedagogy, and practices that address, educate, and enlighten the world about the colonialist-capitalist agenda of exploitation and eradication of the indigenous way of life. More specifically, this paper reflects on the possibilities of an ecologically, economically, and culturally sustainable world, and it recommends ideas and concepts for sustainable education policies and practices for various stakeholders to transform damaging attitudes towards indigenous culture as well as the ecology of our planet.

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Dr. Mrinal Debnath Ed. D.

Published August 15, 2025

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Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Knowledge in the Era of (Re) colonization: Insights from a Rural Indigenous Santal Community. (2025). Fourth World Journal, 23(1), 84-108. https://doi.org/10.63428/5r4r6f59

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