Indigenous Youth in Australia and Canada: A Modern Narrative of Settler/Colonial Relationships through Indigenous Rap Music

Researching Indigenous youth and their connections to Hip Hop culture and Indigenous cultures is rather a new way of researching the voice of Indigenous youth. This thesis looks to answer questions about this culture drawing on a range of local knowledges as well as those that surpass our community boundaries and explore the regional, national and international realm. The research is twofold. The first is about methodology. An Indigenous Research methodology has been developed and is important to the research as it holds the values and worldviews of Indigenous ways of being. It is a solid form of Indigenous Knowledge production. This leads the first and encompassing question: “Can an Indigenous Research Methodology be used in a global context?” The second part of the research is based on the question “How are Indigenous youth from Canada and Australia articulating a modern narrative of settler/colonial relationships through Indigenous Rap Music?” Based on a mixed method encompassing a survey, interviews, ethnography, auto-ethnography the thesis examines a range of young people who listen to, perform and create rap. It sets out the stories in relation to concepts of resistance, reconciliation, and sovereignty