Decolonizing Indigenous Burial Practices in Aotearoa, New Zealand: A Tribal Case Study

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aut.relation.endpage221
aut.relation.issue1
aut.relation.journalOmega: Journal of Death and Dying
aut.relation.startpage207
aut.relation.volume89
dc.contributor.authorMcNeill, HN
dc.contributor.authorBuckley, HL
dc.contributor.authorPouwhare, RMI
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-01T23:55:34Z
dc.date.available2024-05-01T23:55:34Z
dc.date.issued2022-02-11
dc.description.abstractBefore European contact, Māori disposed of the dead in environmentally sustainable ways. Revitalizing pre-colonial burial practices presents an opportunity for Māori to evaluate current practices and reconnect with their ancient tribal customs and practices. The research question asks: What is the decolonizing potential of urupā tautaiao (natural burials)? Paradoxically, environmentally unsustainable modern tangihanga (funerals) retain the ethos of customary funerary traditions. Urupā tautaiao presents an opportunity for iwi (tribes) to retain cultural integrity in the death space, without compromising Papatūānuku (earthmother). Methodologically, a Māori worldview frames an action research mindset. The study captures a tribal community’s exploratory journey into urupā tautaiao.
dc.identifier.citationOmega: Journal of Death and Dying, ISSN: 0030-2228 (Print); 1541-3764 (Online), SAGE Publications, 89(1), 207-221. doi: 10.1177/00302228211070153
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/00302228211070153
dc.identifier.issn0030-2228
dc.identifier.issn1541-3764
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10292/17497
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherSAGE Publications
dc.relation.urihttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00302228211070153
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2022. Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC 4.0). This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectcustoms
dc.subjectenvironmental
dc.subjectindigenous
dc.subjectnatural burials
dc.subjectsustainability
dc.subject52 Psychology
dc.subject5203 Clinical and Health Psychology
dc.subject5201 Applied and Developmental Psychology
dc.subject1701 Psychology
dc.subject5201 Applied and developmental psychology
dc.subject5203 Clinical and health psychology
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshBurial
dc.subject.meshCulture
dc.subject.meshMaori People
dc.subject.meshNew Zealand
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshBurial
dc.subject.meshCulture
dc.subject.meshNew Zealand
dc.subject.meshMaori People
dc.titleDecolonizing Indigenous Burial Practices in Aotearoa, New Zealand: A Tribal Case Study
dc.typeJournal Article
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