Braided learning : illuminating indigenous presence through art and story / Susan D. Dion.
| Author/creator |
Dion, Susan D., 1959- author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Vancouver, British Columbia : Purich Books, [2022] |
| Description | xi, 275 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Introduction: Indigenous presence -- Requisites for Reconciliation -- Seeing yourself in relationship with settler colonialism -- The historical timeline: refusing absence, knowing presence, and being Indigenous -- Learning from contemporary Indigenous artists -- The braiding histories stories -- Conclusion: Wuleelham-make good tracks. |
| Abstract | "The Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Indigenous activism have made many Canadians uncomfortably aware of how little they know about First Nations, M etis, 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. M etis 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 treaties, the Indian Act, the Sixties Scoop, land claims, resurgence, the drive for self-determination, and government policies that undermine language, culture, and traditional knowledge systems. Braided Learning draws on Indigenous knowledge and world views to explain perspectives that are often missing from the national narrative. This generous work is an invaluable resource for Canadians trying to make sense of a difficult past, decode unjust conditions in the present, and work toward a more equitable future."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-253) and index. |
| Other forms | Issued also in electronic formats. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Dion, Susan D., 1959- Braided learning. Vancouver, British Columbia : Purich Books, 2022 0774880813 9780774880800 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| ISBN | 9780774880794 |
| ISBN | 9780774880787 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0774880783 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0774880791 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
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