Niigaan Sinclair - Part 1, A Moment of Opportunity

Part of the "Second Fridays" series of lectures and discussions, hosted by the Centre for Christian Studies and the Sandy Saulteaux Centre. Niigaan spoke about the opportunity for Christians to join Indigenous people is setting a new direction for Canada by moving away from dualistic "OR" thinking and toward "AND" thinking. In Part 1, Niigaan introduces the current moment of opportunity.
Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair is Anishinaabe (St. Peter’s/Little Peguis) and an Assistant Professor at the University of Manitoba. He has been active with Idle No More, is a regular commentator on Indigenous issues on CTV, CBC, and APTN, and his written work can be found in the pages of The Exile Edition of Native Canadian Fiction and Drama, newspapers like The Guardian, and online with CBC Books: Canada Writes. Niigaan is the co-editor of the award-winning Manitowapow: Aboriginal Writings from the Land of Water (Highwater Press, 2011) and Centering Anishinaabeg Studies: Understanding the World Through Stories (Michigan State University Press, 2013), and is the Editorial Director of The Debwe Series with Portage and Main Press.
Niigaan was speaking to a group gathered at the Centre for Christian Studies in Winnipeg on January 9, 2015.