Indigenizing education is the practice of removing or dismantling colonial elements in a culture, society, nation, or one’s own mind, especially concerning the lives and experiences of Indigenous people. In the education system, that means confronting and challenging the colonizing practices; this is a process that is continually evolving and expanding. We need to move beyond these earlier modes of educational reform and provide students with understanding of the knowledge, wisdom, and practices that have been lost due to colonialist policies. Indigenizing pedagogy is an important passage in the journey toward decolonization. To transform education, we need to understand whose knowledge and ways of knowing are given priority and what effect these decisions have on students. Decolonized education is rooted in connections to place and provides students with an understanding of deeper aspects of culture, including worldview and spirituality. This process begins with the teaching of wisdom of the elders; Indigenous worldviews and land as pedagogy.
