BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250713T215253EDT-9691VJhiMp@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250714T015253Z DESCRIPTION:\n\nNational Indigenous History Month\n\nEvent Series \n\nWachi ya\, Kwe\, Tansi\, Ullukkut\, Hawa鈥檃\, Bonjour\, Hello.\n\nIn the spirit o f reconciliation\, it is our pleasure to announce and welcome you to this year鈥檚 School of Continuing Studies National Indigenous History Month even t series. This year our series will include talks and presentations from r emarkable Indigenous speakers\, educators\, scholars\, and professionals f rom across the country\, who will share with us the history\, culture\, an d stories of the Indigenous Peoples of Canada. I encourage you to join us and take this opportunity to learn more about First Nations\, Inuit\, and M茅tis Peoples. It is through learning and understanding that we can create change\, envision new opportunities\, and experience personal growth.\n\n Ni谩:wen\, Meegwetch\, Nakurmik\, Merci\, Thank you!\n\nGeorge R. Kennedy\, Faculty Lecturer\, 黑料不打烊 School of Continuing Studies \n\n聽\n\nUpcoming Events\n\n\nKa'n贸n'sen - Reviving and Revitalizing the Dormant Practice an d Language of Tattooing Traditions\n\n\n\n\n Presented by Kanen't贸:kon Heml ock\, Kahnaw脿:ke Bear clan\n\n Date: Wednesday\, June聽 15\, 2022\n Time: 10: 30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EDT\n\n Register\n\n\n\n Event Description\n\n \n Kanen' t贸:kon Hemlock is a member of the traditional Bear clan from the Mohawk Na tion at Kahnaw脿:ke\, a small community located outside Montreal. From a yo ung age\, Kanen't贸:kon was fascinated by his culture and began to practice the art of tattooing according to the ancient protocols to revitalize the lost tradition. During this event\, he invites us to witness the first ta ttooing in a longhouse in roughly 300 years.\n \n This event will be held in English.\n \n\n\n\n About Kanen't贸:kon Hemlock\, Kahnaw脿:ke Bear clan \n\n \n Kanen't贸:kon Hemlock of the Mohawk nation has been helping revive tattoo ing traditions that have not been practiced for several hundred years. Usi ng cultural and traditional protocols from the past\, as well as modern sa nitation practices\, he is the first in his tradition. The practice is a c ultural endeavor and not a business activity.\n \n\n\n\n1760 Written Treati es with the Fires of the 7 Nations and the Crown are 鈥淪till Intact鈥漒n\n\n \n\n Presented by Konrad Sioui\, Former Chief of the Huron - Wendat Nation \n\n Date: Tuesday\, June 21\, 2022\n Time: 10:30 a.m.聽 to 12:00 p.m. EDT\n \n Register\n\n\n\n Event Description\n\n \n In 1982\, Georges\, Hugues\, R茅ge nt\, and Konrad Sioui were charged and convicted of illegally camping\, st arting fires\, and cutting down trees in Jacques-Cartier Park in Qu茅bec. T hey appealed their case to the Supreme Court of Canada. In R. v. Sioui\, a lso known as the Sioui Decision\, the Siouis won a unanimous decision at t he Supreme Court of Canada in 1990. The ruling acknowledged that a documen t known as 鈥渢he Huron-British Treaty of 1760鈥 signed between British Gener al James Murray and the Huron-Wendat chief was still valid as it was an in ternational agreement entered into between sovereign nations and it protec ted their right to use the land for ceremonial purposes. During this webin ar\, former Chief Konrad Sioui discusses the role this formative case play ed in his life and career and how it changed the way Indigenous treaties a re interpreted in Canadian courts of law since then.\n \n This event will be held in French but participants may ask questions in French or English.\n \n\n\n\n About Konrad Sioui\, Former Chief of the Huron - Wendat Nation \n \n \n Konrad Sioui is a hereditary chief of the Bear Clan of the Huron-Wenda t Nation\, Grand Chief of the Council of his Nation\, and has been elected three consecutive times as Regional Chief of the Assembly of First Nation s of Quebec and Labrador. During that time\, he represented the region on the Executive Council and acted on numerous occasions as Grand Chief under the leadership of George Erasmus. He was also the official and national s pokesperson on constitutional reform issues between 1984 and 1994.\n\n In 1 991\, we won a landmark\, unanimous decision at the Supreme Court of Canad a against Quebec and Canada known as the Sioui Decision. This ruling ackno wledged that treaties entered into between the Crown and First Nations are international agreements entered into by sovereign nations.\n\n Sioui is a dedicated humanitarian and diplomat and is a respected and skilled negoti ator. He pursues a simple and traditional lifestyle with his wife\, Linda Rock of the Innu Nation\, and his four children on the Huron Reserve at We ndake\, Quebec.\n \n\n\n\nIndigegogy in the Classroom\n\n\n\n\n Presented by Dr. Kathy Absolon\n\n Date: Wednesday\, June 29\, 2022\n Time: 10:30 a.m.聽 to 12:00 p.m.\n\n Register\n\n\n\n Event Description\n\n \n In this presentati on\, Dr. Kathy Absolon will discuss the second edition of her newly releas ed book\, 'Kaandossiwin How We Come to Know: Indigenous Re-Search Methodol ogies.' She will provide a brief history of research of Indigenous Peoples and share her development of 鈥淚ndigenous re-search\,鈥 which is steeped in Indigenous ways of learning through an Indigenous lens. She will also spe ak about her research on colonial trauma and how embedded within Indigenou s knowledge systems are methodologies that can guide knowledge production\ , aka: re-search.\n \n This event will be held in English.\n \n\n\n\n About Dr . Kathy Absolon \n\n \n Kathy Absolon (Minogiizhigokwe 鈥 Shining Day Woman) is Anishinaabe kwe who is a community helper\, knowledge carrier\, seeker\ , educator\, re-searcher\, and writer. Kathy is a member of Flying Post Fi rst Nation Treaty 9. At the age of 60\, Kathy carries truth stories about both a rich cultural history and Canada鈥檚 colonial history. Her lifetime o f work in decolonial stories and Indigenous education has been informed by her land-based philosophy.\n \n Currently\, Kathy is a Professor in the Ind igenous Field of Study\, Masters of Social Work Program in the Faculty of Social Work and the Director of the Centre for Indigegogy at Wilfrid Lauri er University. She spent the first 20 years of her life in the bush in Cra nberry Lake. The land\, she says\, taught her so much about life and she c ontinues to reflect and draw on her land-based teachings.\n \n Her passion f or wellness among her peoples and the restoration of Indigenous knowledge in Creation has been one of the driving forces in her life work as an Indi genous wholistic practitioner in child welfare\, Native mental health\, yo uth justice\, and community work. Her academic and cultural work has been in restoring\, reclaiming\, and re-righting Indigenous history\, knowledge \, and cultural worldviews\, and making the invisible visible. She promote s this through Indigenous research methodologies and published 鈥淜aandossiw in\, How We Come to know鈥 (2011). She has authored other works in wholisti c practice\, social inclusion\, reconciliation\, community healing and wel lness\, and Indigenous knowledge.\n \n\n\n\nPast Events\n\n\nThe Apology 24 Years After\n\n\n\n\n Presented by Beverley Jacobs\, CM\, LLB\, LLM\, PhD Bear Clan\, Mohawk Nation\n\n Date: Wednesday\, June 1\, 2022\n Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EDT\n\n Watch the Replay\n\n\n\n 聽\n\n\n\n Event Descripti on\n\n \n On June 11\, 2008\, then Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized for the harms caused by establishing the residential school system. He sai d\, 鈥淭he Government of Canada sincerely apologizes and asks the forgivenes s of the Aboriginal peoples of this country for failing them so profoundly . We are sorry.鈥 Dr. Beverley Jacobs is an intergenerational survivor and was President of the Native Women鈥檚 Association of Canada at the time and had the opportunity to respond on the floor of the House of Commons in fro nt of millions of people. During this webinar\, she will share her experie nce and her thoughts post-apology.\n \n This event will be held in English. \n \n\n\n\n About Beverley Jacobs\, CM\, LLB\, LLM\, PhD Bear Clan\, Mohawk Nation \n\n \n Recently appointed as Senior Advisor to the President on Indi genous Relations and Outreach at the University of Windsor\, Dr. Beverley Jacobs is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University o f Windsor and practices law part-time in her home community of Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. Her research focuses on Indigenous Legal Or ders\, Indigenous Wholistic Health\, Indigenous Research Methodologies\, a nd Decolonization of Eurocentric Law.\n\n Beverley obtained a Bachelor of L aw Degree from the University of Windsor in 1994\, a Master of Law Degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 2000\, and a Ph.D. from the Univers ity of Calgary in 2018.\n \n Dr. Jacobs is a former President of the Native Women鈥檚 Association of Canada (elected 2004 to 2009) and also a consultant /researcher/writer/public speaker. Her work centres around ending gendered colonial violence against Indigenous people and restoring Indigenous laws \, beliefs\, values\, and traditions.\n \n A prolific scholar\, her publishe d work has earned her numerous awards\; her research combined with her adv ocacy has translated into national and international recognition. Dr. Jaco bs received the Laura Legge Award from the Law Society of Ontario in 2021 and she was inducted as a Member of the Order of Canada in 2018. She recei ved two awards from Mohawk College in 2018: Alumni of Distinction Award an d Distinguished Fellow 鈥 Adjunct Professor. In her first year of teaching at the Faculty of Law at the University of Windsor in 2017\, she received an Office of Human Rights\, Equity & Accessibility\, Human Rights and Soci al Justice Award. In 2016\, she received a Franco-German Prize for Human R ights and the Rule of Law from the Governments of France and Germany for h er human rights fight for the issues relating to missing and murdered Indi genous women and girls in Canada. In 2008\, she also received a Governor G eneral鈥檚 Award in Commemoration of the Person鈥檚 Case\, an Esquao Award fro m the Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women and a Canadian Voi ce of Women of Peace Award from the Canadian Department of Peace Initiativ e and Civilian Peace Service Canada.\n \n\n\n\nThe Anthropocene and Learnin g to Be Guests\n\n\n\n\n Presented by Yann Allard-Tremblay\, PhD\, Assistan t Professor in the Department of Political Science\, 黑料不打烊 University\n\n Date: Friday\, June 3\, 2022\n Time: 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDT\n\n 聽\n\n\n \n Event Description\n\n \n The world faces catastrophic climate change and e cological ruin. Often\, solutions are sought that reassert the modern logi c of technological mastery over nature. In contrast\, Indigenous ways of l ife ground our responsibilities in concrete relationships with humans and all other living things. By learning from Indigenous peoples\, we can disc over how to be guests of the land and we can envision a path away from the Anthropocene.\n \n The proceeds from the lecture ($10 fee/person) will be d irected to the SCS Indigenous Students Bursary fund.\n \n\n\n\n About Yann A llard-Tremblay\, PhD\, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science\, 黑料不打烊 University\n\n \n Dr. Allard-Tremblay\, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science\, 黑料不打烊 University\, holds a PhD in philosophy from St Andrews University. He is a member of the Huron-Wend at First Nation. He is interested in the ways in which the political thoug ht of Indigenous peoples offers alternative ways to think about\, and tran sform\, political concepts.\n \n\n\n\nSilverwork of the Haudenosaunee\n\n\n \n\n Teyotsihstokw谩the Dakota Brant and Yoneny脿:kenht Jesse Brant\, Mohawk Turtle Clan Sisters and Founders of Sapling & Flint\n\n Date: Wednesday\, J une 8\, 2022\n Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12:00聽 p.m. EDT\n\n Watch the Replay\n\n \n\n Event Description\n\n \n With the introduction of trade silver by Europe an traders'\, the legacy of the formation of the United States of America and Canada was solidified by the commitment of the Haudensoaunee\, in thei r allyship to the new visitors. Jesse and Dakota Brant will be speaking on how Silversmithing has a 400-year tradition amongst the Haudenosaunee.\n \n This event will be held in English.\n \n\n\n\n About Teyotsihstokw谩the Dak ota Brant and Yoneny脿:kenht Jesse Brant\, Mohawk Turtle Clan Sisters and F ounders of Sapling & Flint\n\n \n Jesse and Dakota Brant are Mohawk nation s isters from Ohsw茅:ken and are the co-founders of Sapling & Flint\, a retai l and wholesale jewellery manufacturer specializing in gold and sterling s ilver that has sold across Canada\, the USA\, western Europe\, Japan and K orea. Silversmithing has a 400 year tradition in Haudenosaunee communities beginning with the introduction of trade silver by european traders wanti ng the Haudenosaunee connection into North American markets. Trade\, and j ewelry's place within trade is part of the story of Canada and Sapling & F lint is creating 'Conversation pieces that share the story of Turtle Islan d' while revitalizing arts-based jobs in the jewellery industry for the Oh sw茅:ken community.\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220601 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220629 LOCATION:Online SUMMARY:National Indigenous History Month Event Series URL:/continuingstudies/channels/event/national-indigen ous-history-month-event-series-339541 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR