Earlier this week I had the opportunity to listen to residential school survivor Mike Cachagee speak to a group of 90 grade eight students. Over the past couple of years I've worked with Mike on a regular basis through the educational programming undertaken at the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre. Mike often comes in to speak … Continue reading Residential Schools and Present Day White Privilege
Indigenous people want museums to heed TRC’s calls to action
Sophia Reuss recently wrote an article on how "Indigenous people want museums to heed TRC's calls to action: Cultural institutions have an important role to play in Canada's reconciliation process." Reuss' piece looks at the role museums and archives play in caring for and presenting materials relating to Indigenous communities and the need to the … Continue reading Indigenous people want museums to heed TRC’s calls to action
Indy Behind the Scenes: Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art Walking Tour
One of my favourite parts of every NCPH conference is the range of walking tours, museum visits, and behind the scenes tours to local heritage sites that are setup as part of the conference. This year I participated in a tour of the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art. This session included a … Continue reading Indy Behind the Scenes: Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art Walking Tour
Tours of the Shingwauk and Wawanosh Residential Schools Site
The third peice I wrote last year for Canada's History is now up on their re-designed website. My piece on "Tours of the Shingwauk and Wawanosh Residential Schools Site" talks briefly about the history of the Shingwauk and Wawanosh Indian Residential Schools, the range of historic site tours provided by the Shingwauk Indian Residential School, … Continue reading Tours of the Shingwauk and Wawanosh Residential Schools Site
Today: Indigenous Storytellers WikiThon
An Indigenous Storytellers Edit-A-Thon is being held Tuesday April 4, 2017 3 - 7 PM PDT. The event is being hosted by UBC and Concordia is dedicated to revising and creating entries on Wikipedia for Indigenous storytellers, with an emphasis on those working in film and theatre in Turtle Island. There are on-site options for … Continue reading Today: Indigenous Storytellers WikiThon
4Rs Framework: Seeding Reconciliation On Uneven Ground
The 4Rs Youth Movement is a youth-led organization dedicated to facilitating conversations and changing relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth. 4Rs is committed to the values of respect, reciprocity, reconciliation and relevance and brings those values into all of the dialogues and programming it runs. I've had the opportunity to work with 4Rs on a … Continue reading 4Rs Framework: Seeding Reconciliation On Uneven Ground
Indigenous Collections Symposium Webinar
The Indigenous Collections Symposium: Promising Practices, Challenging Issues and Changing the System is an initiative through the Ontario Museum Association, Woodland Cultural Centre, and the Indigenous Knowledge Centre at the Six Nations Polytechnic. The Symposium is going to be held March 23-24, 2017 in Brantford, Ontario. In-person registration for the event is sold out however … Continue reading Indigenous Collections Symposium Webinar
Listening: The Henceforward Podcast
I listen to a lot of podcasts and some of those are pure leisure while others inspire critical thinking. Last year I came across The Henceforward, a podcast that "considers the relationships between Indigenous peoples and Black peoples on Turtle Island." The podcast aims to "reconsider the past and reimagine the future, in the henceforward." … Continue reading Listening: The Henceforward Podcast
Performing Archive: Digitizing and Contextualizing Edward S. Curtis Photographs
Performing Archive: Edward S. Curtis + "the vanishing race" is the result of a three-month pilot project undertaken by the Claremont Center for Digital Humanities. The project is focused on the well known and controversial collection of photographs of Indigenous communities and people that were created by Edward S. Curtis in the early 20th Century. … Continue reading Performing Archive: Digitizing and Contextualizing Edward S. Curtis Photographs
Listening: Who Killed Alberta Williams?
In December 2016 I listened to "Missing and Murdered: Who Killed Alberta Williams?" a CBC podcast by Connie Walker. The podcast focuses on the 1989 death of Alberta Williams on the Highway of Tears near Prince Rupert, British Columbia. The podcast also discusses Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirits (MMIWG2) in Canada and … Continue reading Listening: Who Killed Alberta Williams?
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