Lana Whiskeyjack - I am a Human-being of this Earth!

In this workshop and arts practice, Dr. Lana Whiskeyjack will discuss nehiyawewin (Cree language), nehiyaw (Cree) worldview, and arts-based practices, an exploration of what it means to be a good relative of this land.
Speaker Bio: Dr. Lana Whiskeyjack is nehiyaw iskwew (Cree woman) scholartist (scholar and artist) from Saddle Lake Cree Nation and is an associate professor in the Department of Women's and Gender Studies in the Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta. Lana demonstrates innovative interdisciplinary Indigenous knowledge translation and mobilization through arts-based practices, community-engaged research, scholarship services and teaching. As a graduate from the first Indigenous governed educational institution in North America and former Indian Residential School, in the iyiniw pimâtisiwin kiskeyihtamowin doctoral program at University nuhelot’įne thaiyots’į nistameyimâkanak Blue Quill, she has an excellent record of research and creative dissemination that is grounded within nêhiyaw (Cree) ceremony, nêhiyawêwin (Cree language) and nêhiyaw worldview.
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