Braided learning : illuminating Indigenous presence through art and story
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Indigenous activism have made many Canadians uncomfortably aware of how little they know about First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples. In Braided Learning, Lenape-Potawatomi scholar and educator Susan Dion shares her approach to learning and teaching about Indigenous histories and perspectives. Métis leader Louis Riel illuminated the connection between creativity and identity in his declaration, "My people will sleep for a hundred years, but when they awake, it will be the artists who give them their spirits back." -- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780774880794
- Physical Description xi, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2022.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: Indigenous Presence -- 1 Requisites for Reconciliation -- 2 Seeing Yourself in Relationship with Settler Colonialism -- 3 The Historical Timeline: Refusing Absence, Knowing Presence, and Being Indigenous -- 4 Learning from Contemporary Indigenous Artists -- 5 The Braiding Histories Stories / Co-written with Michael R. Dion -- Conclusion: Wuleelham - Make Good Tracks -- Glossary and Additional Resources: Making Connections, Extending Learning -- Notes -- Bibliography. |
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Braided Learning : Illuminating Indigenous Presence Through Art and Story
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Indigenous activism have made many Canadians uncomfortably aware of how little they know about First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples. In Braided Learning, Lenape-Potowatomi scholar and educator Susan Dion shares her approach to learning and teaching about Indigenous histories and perspectives. Métis leader Louis Riel illuminated the connection between creativity and identity in his declaration, "My people will sleep for a hundred years, but when they awake, it will be the artists who give them their spirits back." Using the power of stories and artwork, Dion offers respectful ways to address challenging topics including settler-colonialism, treaties, the Indian Act, residential schools, the Sixties Scoop, and the drive for self-determination. Braided Learning draws on Indigenous knowledge to make sense of a difficult past, decode unjust conditions in the present, and work toward a more equitable future.