Humor can be a great way of approaching such controversial issues, such as making the audience think differently. In "Someday" by Drew Hayden Taylor, characteristic experiences of the turmoil of colonization within Indigenous communities Canada itself dived into the aftermath of the 1960s Scoop of taking Indigenous children away, sending them to non-Aboriginal homes. Taylor explores heavily on humour to bring out ways colonization has affected Indigenous identity and family relationships. The author, Taylor, uses humour to bring out how colonization has caused loss of cultural identity among the Indigenous. Taylor also illustrates the impact of cultural loss through the characters' humorous interactions. For example, Rodney jokes once about …show more content…
He thereby uses humor to underwrite certain aspects of cultural adaptation and innovation within the indigenous communities. For instance, he represents one of the characters, Barb, as hilariously blending the traditional with the contemporary in showing cultural evolution in the face of hostile external forces as represented by Taylor in 2019. The activity works to erode stereotypes that surround the agency of the indigenous in reshaping cultural practices. Moreover, Taylor employs a use of humor in biting down colonial narratives and in creating the development of Indigenous histories. With satirical re-creations of historical moments, Taylor encourages a reflection on the effects colonization had on Indigenous identity construction (Taylor, 2019). In this way, comedy gets the audience involved in reframing ideas around legacies of colonialism from an Indigenous purview of history and identity. Using humor to delve deep into themes of cultural adaptation and historical reclamation, Taylor effectively reinforces the thesis that humor can prove to be a deep vehicle in the context of complicated issues of colonization and Indigenous