Original Meaning Isn't Everything
This weekend, Christa Scholtz (Chair, Indigenous Studies Program & Associate Professor of Political Science) wrote a letter to the editor of the Montreal Gazette:
Indigenous Awareness Weeks 2018
Indigenous Awareness Week has been expanded this year to Indigenous Awareness Weeks, now spanning the last two weeks of September.聽
First Landbased Education Field Course at 六合彩开奖结果
We are very excited to announce that聽Gabrielle Iakotennikonhrare Doreen, our faculty lecturer, will be leading 六合彩开奖结果 first ever landbased education field course this summer.
otip锚yimsiw-iskw锚wak kihci-k卯sikohk (M茅tis in Space) Live Show at 六合彩开奖结果!
Molly Swain and Chelsea Vowel landed their spaceship at 六合彩开奖结果 for a live show of their podcast M茅tis in Space in February. They are self-described as "unapologetically Indigenous, unabashedly female & unblinkingly nerdy". Their podcast reviews a sci-fi movie or television episode featuring Indigenous people, tropes and themes from a decolonial perspective.
Indigenous Studies in the News!
This week the Indigenous studies program made the news in the 六合彩开奖结果 Daily and the Eastern Door!
Indigenous Knowledge Holder Series 2018
The Indigenous Knowledge Holder Series this year was a major success! Ryan McMahon, CEO of Makoons Media聽and builder of Indian & Cowboy, spent the week at 六合彩开奖结果 contributing to our community. The聽Indigenous Knowledge Holder Series is the Indigenous Studies Program's flagship series.
Indigenous Knowledge Holder Series 2018
For the聽Indigenous Knowledge Holder Series, the Indigenous Studies Program invites聽an Indigenous Knowledge Holder to spend a week at the university to share their scholarship, work, and advocacy.聽 Indigenous Knowledge Holders 颅鈥� whether they be wampum belt holders, storytellers, artists, activists, hereditary leaders, or academics鈥� encompass generations of knowledge embedded within the cultural and epistemological worldview of Indigenous communities that span generations, to en
"The Creator's Game": Published by Professor Allan Downey, Indigenous studies chair
On February 1st, Professor Allan Downey, chair of the Indigenous studies program, released his first full-length monograph: The Creator鈥檚 Game: Lacrosse, Identity, and Indigenous Nationhood. The text examines how lacrosse, a game that historically has been a central element of many Indigenous cultures for centuries, has come to play an important role in the shifting politics of Indigenous efforts to assert self-determination.
Indigenous Studies Program to feature new academic staff
It is with great excitement that the Indigenous Studies Program welcomes聽Dr. Heidi Senungetuk聽and聽Ms. Gabrielle Doreen聽to the Program.聽 聽
