Oral Presentations
Presentation Type
Presentation
Faculty Mentor’s Full Name
Hailey Shangin
Faculty Mentor’s Department
Social Psychology
Abstract / Artist's Statement
North America's history of forced displacement and relocation of Indigenous tribes continues to affect contemporary Indigenous peoples (Wolfe, 2006). As climate change, socioeconomic disparities, and industry encroachment shape displacement, Indigenous people continue to be negatively impacted (Covey, 2021). The current work explores how displacement impacts life satisfaction for Indigenous Peoples, and whether cultural embeddedness modifies this relationship. Using the Indigenous Climate Justice survey (N=282), regression analysis illustrates that those who have not been displaced generally report higher life satisfaction than those who have been displaced (β=-0.255, SE= 0.108 p= 0.019). Lower reported life satisfaction is especially prevalent when those displaced are low in cultural embeddedness (β=-0.494, SE= 0.155, p= 0.002). Those displaced with high cultural embeddedness report higher life satisfaction, similar to those who had not been displaced (β=-0.016, SE= 0.151 p= 0.916). Thus, cultural embeddedness is a protective factor for those displaced. Future research may work to cultivate higher levels of cultural embeddedness for those who are displaced.
Category
Social Sciences
Dispossession of Ancestral Land: Effect of Displacement on Indigenous Peoples' Life Satifaction
UC 330
North America's history of forced displacement and relocation of Indigenous tribes continues to affect contemporary Indigenous peoples (Wolfe, 2006). As climate change, socioeconomic disparities, and industry encroachment shape displacement, Indigenous people continue to be negatively impacted (Covey, 2021). The current work explores how displacement impacts life satisfaction for Indigenous Peoples, and whether cultural embeddedness modifies this relationship. Using the Indigenous Climate Justice survey (N=282), regression analysis illustrates that those who have not been displaced generally report higher life satisfaction than those who have been displaced (β=-0.255, SE= 0.108 p= 0.019). Lower reported life satisfaction is especially prevalent when those displaced are low in cultural embeddedness (β=-0.494, SE= 0.155, p= 0.002). Those displaced with high cultural embeddedness report higher life satisfaction, similar to those who had not been displaced (β=-0.016, SE= 0.151 p= 0.916). Thus, cultural embeddedness is a protective factor for those displaced. Future research may work to cultivate higher levels of cultural embeddedness for those who are displaced.