As茅 tsi Tewa:ton, 鈥淲e will renew Ourselves鈥� - The Mohawk Approach to Environmental and Cultural Restoration
Conf茅rence du professeur Taiaiake Alfred (Universit茅 de Victoria) dans le cadre de la聽6e Semaine annuelle de sensibilisation aux cultures autochtones sur les effets de la contamination environnementale sur la culture, la langue, la sant茅 des peuples autotchtones.
[En anglais seulement]
This presentation will focus on the effects of environmental contamination on Indigenous people鈥檚 culture, language and health, and on an approach to addressing these cultural harms through the restoration of land based practices. Dr. Alfred will discuss this issue with reference to the concept of Indigenous Resurgence and the experiences of the Mohawk Nation in the modern era, with specific reference to the community of Akwesasne鈥檚 participation in the U.S. Natural Resources Damages Assessment (NRDA) process and their establishment of a land-based cultural and language apprenticeship program.
About the Speaker:
Taiaiake Alfred is from Kahnaw谩:ke in the Mohawk Nation. He is a Professor of at the University of Victoria. He is the recipient of a Canada Research Chair, the award for best column writing by the Native American Journalists Association, and a National Aboriginal Achievement Award. Taiaiake has served as an advisor on land and governance issues to his own and other First Nations鈥� governments on Turtle Island and internationally since 1987, and before that he was an infantryman in the United States Marine Corps. He earned his bachelor鈥檚 degree in history from Concordia University and his MA and Ph.D. in comparative politics and political theory from Cornell University. He is the author of three books: Heeding the Voices of Our Ancestors and Peace, Power, Righteousness from Oxford University Press, and Was谩se: Indigenous Pathways of Action and Freedom, from the University of Toronto Press.
In Partnership with: Indigenous Law Student鈥檚 Association
