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DESCRIPTION:91黑料网鈥檚 Indigenous Awareness Week is designed to in
 crease awareness at 91黑料网 about Indigenous peoples in Canada. The week ho
 nours the many Indigenous cultures across the country including First Nati
 ons\, M茅tis and Inuit. The week also offers an opportunity to collaborate 
 with community partners and draws active participation from 91黑料网 student
 s\, faculty and staff.\n聽\nThe week is organized by the Social Equity and 
 Diversity Education Office at 91黑料网.\n聽\nSEDE鈥檚 Indigenous Edu
 cational Program seeks to develop a broad-based educational campaign by pr
 oviding Indigenous-specific programming and opportunities for bridge-build
 ing among diverse members of the 91黑料网 community.\n聽\nFor more informatio
 n\, please contact the Indigenous Education Advisor\, Allan Vicaire\, via 
 email at allan.vicaire [at] mcgill.ca or by phone at (514) 398-3711.\n\n\n
 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n聽\n聽\n聽\n聽\n聽\n\n\n\n\nMonday\, September 15\,2014 \n
 \nOPENING CEREMONY\n12:00PM 鈥� 3:00PM\, Ballroom\, Thomson House\, 3650 McT
 avish Street\nThe Opening Ceremony for the 4th annual Indigenous Awareness
  Week will begin with a welcoming address and blessing from 91黑料网鈥檚 elder
  Alex Sonny Diabo. The warm welcome will be followed by a performance by O
 daya. Finally\, our keynote speaker Dr. Kahente Horn-Miller\, 鈥嶯ew Sun Vis
 iting Aboriginal Scholar of Carleton University\, will be discussing the r
 elationships between Indigenous people\, academics and students and explor
 e how traditional Mohawk philosophy is woven in bridge building between th
 ese communities\n聽\nOpening Ceremony Schedule:\n\n12:00PM 鈥� 12:30PM: Lunch
  Buffet\n12:30PM 鈥� 1:00PM: Welcoming Address and Blessing\n聽 1:00PM 鈥� 1:20
 PM: Performance by Odaya\n聽 1:20PM 鈥� 2:10PM: Coming to One Mind: Building 
 Responsible and Accountable Relationships In and Out of the Academy with D
 r. Kahente Horn-Miller\n聽 2:10PM 鈥� 2:30PM: Closing Remarks\n\nAbout the Sp
 eaker:\n聽\n\nDr. Kahente Horn-Miller (Kanien:keha鈥檏a/Mohawk) received her 
 doctorate in 2009. She currently holds the position New Sun Visiting Abori
 ginal Scholar at Carleton University. Formerly\, she was Coordinator for t
 he Kahnaw脿:ke Legislative Coordinating Commission\, the body that oversees
  the legislative development process based in Haudenosaunee principles of 
 consensus building. She was also sessional lecturer at 91黑料网. 
 As an active member of her community\, Dr. Horn-Miller continues to resear
 ch and write on issues that are relevant to her work and academic interest
 s such as Indigenous methodologies\, women鈥檚 issues\, identity politics\, 
 colonization\, governance\, and consensus-based decision making. Her gover
 nance work and community-based research involves interpreting culture and 
 bringing new life to old traditions and practices. She is currently workin
 g on revising a manuscript for publication on the Mohawk Warrior Flag whic
 h came to prominence during the Oka Crisis of 1990. There she examines the
  development and evolution of a symbol of resistance and unity in the Indi
 genous rights movement. As an expression of the Kaienere鈥檏贸:wa (Great Law 
 of Peace)\, the Flag has managed to transmit key philosophical aspects of 
 Haudenosaunee tradition in a way that is accessible. She continues to live
  and work within her community along with writing and publishing in her ar
 eas of interest\, most notably\, her recent work on Participatory Democrac
 y and the Sky Woman鈥檚 story. She sees her work as an active response to co
 lonialism as she continues to build bridges between Kanien鈥檏eh谩:ka people 
 and the wider society at large. She says 鈥� 鈥淲e have a responsibility to us
 e our knowledge and good minds to help make a future where our communities
  are strong and self-determined\; to foster relationships between our peop
 le that goes beyond the written word or the classroom and research setting
 s. We have a lot important knowledge to share.鈥漒n\n\n\nTHE TREATY OF NIAGA
 RA 1764 AND CANADIAN CONSTITUTIONALISM TODAY: CROWN/FIRST NATIONS RELATION
 S 250 YEARS IN \n5:00PM 鈥� 7:00PM\, Moot Court\, New Chancellor Day Hall\, 
 3644 Peel Street\nThe Royal Proclamation of 1763 is recognized as one of C
 anada鈥檚 founding constitutional documents\, and is sometimes referred to a
 s a 鈥淏ill of Rights鈥� for Indigenous people.聽 Less well-known and recognize
 d in Canadian classrooms and jurisprudence is a treaty entered into a year
  later\, in July and August 1764\, when about 2000 First Nations chiefs ga
 thered at Fort Niagara to meet with British superintendent of Indian Affai
 rs\, Sir William Johnson. The treaty of peace\, friendship and respect ent
 ered into at Niagara 250 years ago set out a framework for Indigenous and 
 British co-existence on Turtle Island\, as the British were brought within
  the normative web of relationships already existing on Turtle Island. Inc
 luded in the treaty negotiation was the reading of the text of the Proclam
 ation 鈥� but the negotiations and terms of the eventual treaty were richer 
 than the plain text of the document. Come out on September 15th to learn a
 bout the Treaty of Niagara and its implications for understanding the Roya
 l Proclamation\, the development of present-day Canada\, and the Crown/Fir
 st Nations relationship.聽 The first speaker for the evening is Al Corbi猫re
  from Manitoulin Island\, a carrier of a Niagara wampum replica\, who will
  explain the historical context in which the Treaty of Niagara was negotia
 ted\, as well as the meaning and significance of wampum belts that embody 
 the Treaty of Niagara. The second speaker is Aaron Mills\, Trudeau and Van
 ier scholar and PhD candidate at the University of Victoria\, who will dis
 cuss the significance of the Treaty of Niagara from the perspective of Ani
 shinaabe law and constitutionalism and its implication for Canadian consti
 tutionalism.\nThe Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism and the Abor
 iginal Law Students鈥� Association are proud to host this event as part of I
 ndigenous Awareness Week 2014\, in partnership with the Office of Social E
 quity and Diversity in Education. They would like to thank all event suppo
 rters\, particularly Dionne Schulze S.E.N.C. and Hutchins Legal Inc. for t
 heir generous contributions that helped make this event possible.\nAbout t
 he Speakers:\n\nAaron Mills is a Bear Clan Anishinaabe from Couchiching Fi
 rst Nation\, Treaty 3 Territory\, and from North Bay\, Ontario\, Robinson-
 Huron Treaty territory.聽聽 In 2010 Aaron obtained a J.D. from the Universit
 y of Toronto\, where he was editor-in-chief of the Indigenous Law Journal 
 and sat on the board of directors of Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto.
 聽 In 2011\, he completed articles at Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP\, where h
 e worked on an Aboriginal title file\, a treaty rights file\, myriad duty-
 to-consult files\, assertions of Indigenous law\, and the protection of a 
 sacred Anishinaabe site.聽 Aaron earned an LL.M. at Yale Law School as a Fu
 lbright Scholar in 2012.聽 Currently Aaron is a Trudeau Foundation Scholar\
 , a Vanier Canada Scholar\, and a doctoral student in the University of Vi
 ctoria鈥檚 Law and Society Program.聽聽 He sits on the board of directors of t
 he Indigenous Bar Association.\nAlan Ojiig Corbiere\, Bne doodem (Ruffed G
 rouse clan)\, is an Anishinaabe from M'Chigeeng First Nation on Manitoulin
  Island.聽 He was educated on the reserve and then attended the University 
 of Toronto for a Bachelor of Science\, he then entered York University and
  earned his Masters of Environmental Studies.聽 During his masters studies 
 he focused on Anishinaabe narrative and Anishinaabe language revitalizatio
 n.聽 For five years he served as the Executive Director at the Ojibwe Cultu
 ral Foundation (OCF) in M'Chigeeng\, a position which also encompassed the
  roles of curator and historian. During his time at the OCF he studied wam
 pum belts and the Anishinaabe perspective on their meaning. Currently he i
 s the Anishinaabemowin Revitalization Program Coordinator at Lakeview Scho
 ol\, M'Chigeeng First Nation.\nIn Partnership With: Dionne Schulze S.E.N.C
 .\, Hutchins Legal Inc.\, and 91黑料网 Centre for Human Rights and Legal Plu
 ralism.\n聽\n\n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, September 16\, 2014\n\n\nKAIROS BLANKET EX
 ERCISE \n10:00AM - 12:00PM\, Room 200\, Coach House\, 3715 Peel Street聽\n
 \nAn interactive exercise on the relationships between the Crown and Canad
 a鈥檚 Indigenous populations\, from the settlers鈥� arrival to modern times. P
 articipants are guided through centuries of denial of Indigenous nationhoo
 d and the gradual appropriation\, relocation\, and removal of Indigenous p
 eoples and territories.\n\nThe exercise begins with blankets spread across
  the floor\, which represent land occupied by Canada鈥檚 Indigenous populati
 ons. As participants are guided through centuries of negotiations\, treati
 es\, decrees\, and other interactions with European settlers\, the blanket
 s on which they stand are slowly removed\, until only a few participants r
 emain on a small area representing what little remains of Indigenous terri
 tory today. The exercise will then be followed by a talking circle.\n\nThi
 s event is hosted by Allan Vicaire\, Indigenous Education Advisor\, and Pa
 ige Isaac\, Coordinator of the First Peoples鈥� House.\n\nSpaces are limited
 . Register by e-mailing asp.sede [at] mcgill.ca \n\n聽\n聽\n聽\n\nTRADITIONAL
  DANCING WORKSHOP \n1:00PM - 2:00PM\, Lower Campus\n\nThe Indigenous Stude
 nt Alliance invites the 91黑料网 community to join them in Three Bares Park 
 for an interactive showcase on Indigenous dance and music. This will be an
  opportunity to get moving and experience some First Nation traditional da
 ncing first-hand.\nIn Partnership With: Indigenous Student Alliance.\n\n\n
 \n\n\n聽\n聽\n聽\n聽\n聽\n\nHOLDING THE ACADEMY ACCOUNTABLE: INDIGENOUS STUDIES
  AND COMMUNITY INCLUSION\n2:00PM - 400PM\, Lev Bukhman room (2nd Floor)\, 
 SSMU Building\, 3480 McTavish Street\nWith 91黑料网鈥檚 Indigenous Studies pro
 gram debuting this year\, discussions of community accountability and repr
 esentation are critical. How will the Indigenous Studies program be held a
 ccountable to the voices and needs of Indigenous students\, staff\, facult
 y\, and local communities? What does decolonization in the Academy... look
  like and is it achievable at 91黑料网? Our panelists deconstruct Indigenous
  Studies and community relationships in the Academy and explore how these 
 discussions can build Indigenous Studies at 91黑料网 into a useful tool for 
 Indigenous communities.\n\nPanel will be moderated by Molly Swain.\nAbout 
 the Speakers:\nWill Straw is Director of the 91黑料网 Institute for the Stud
 y of Canada and Professor within the Department of Art History and Communi
 cations Studies.聽 His research focuses on urban culture\, and Canadian cul
 ture\, with a particular emphasis on music and cinema.聽 Dr. Straw is co-ed
 itor of the Cambridge Companion to Rock and Pop\, Circulation and the City
  and numerous other volumes.聽 He is the author of over 125 articles on Can
 adian culture\, media and cities.聽\nDr. K. S. Hele is a member of the Gard
 en River First Nation community of the Anishinaabeg people\, and educated 
 at schools in Sault Ste. Marie. He earned a B.A. (Waterloo) in 1993\, a M.
 A. (Toronto) in 1994\, and a Ph.D. (91黑料网) in 2003. His dissertation exam
 ined the Ojibwa encounter with nineteenth-century missionaries to Sault St
 e. Marie. More recent publications have examined how the international bor
 der has affected First Nations communities in the Great Lakes region. He c
 ontinues to work on this topic as well as the Hiawatha Pageant and other i
 tems of interest not only to himself but the Bawating Anishinaabe communit
 y. Currently he is a contributing columnist to the Sault Star (www.saultst
 ar.com) as well as an occasional writer for Anishinabek News (anishinabekn
 ews.ca).\nMarsha Vicaire is Mi鈥檊maq from Listuguj\, Quebec.聽 As a Mi鈥檊maq 
 speaker\, her identity is strongly rooted in her language and culture.聽 Cu
 rrently\, she is a doctoral student in the Department of Educational and C
 ounselling Psychology at 91黑料网.聽 Her research interests includ
 e understanding the educational experiences of Indigenous students of high
 er education and examining factors that foster or impede academic success 
 of students from marginalized backgrounds.聽 Prior to applying to graduate 
 school\, she worked within the field of First Nations education at local a
 nd regional levels. In Partnership With: the Students' Society of 91黑料网 U
 niversity\n\nWAPIKONI MOBILE: 10 YEARS OF INDIGENOUS FILMMAKING\n6:00PM - 
 8:00PM\, Room 26\, Leacock Building\n\nIn celebration of their 10 years of
  Indigenous Filmmaking\, Wapikoni Mobile has put together 15 short films t
 o display their unique films\, diverse filmmakers\, and a variety of Indig
 enous peoples\, cultures\, struggles\, and traditions from around the worl
 d. There will be subtitles in English\, as the films are in many different
  languages.\nIn Partnership With: Wapikoni Mobile\n聽\n聽\n聽\n聽\n聽\n\n\n\nWe
 dnesday\, 聽September 17\, 2014\n\nKANIEN鈥橩EH脕:KA ONKWAW脡N:NA RAOTITI脫HKWA 
 LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL CENTRE TOUR \n9:00AM - 1:00PM\, Kahnawake Cultural C
 entre\n\nJoin us on a tour of the Kahnawake Cultural Centre鈥檚 permanent ex
 hibit which showcases the rich culture and history of Kanien鈥檏eha:ka. Begi
 nning with the foundation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy to the 1990 Oka
  Crisis\, the permanent exhibit features key cultural and historical event
 s that best explain who the Kanien鈥檏eh谩:ka people are.\n\n\n\nSpace is lim
 ited. Register by e-mailing asp.sede [at] mcgill.ca \n\n\n聽\n聽\n聽\n聽\n\n\n
 DREAMCATCHER MAKING WORKSHOP (STAFF AND FACULTY ONLY) \n12:00PM - 2:00PM\,
  Arts Council Room\, Room 160\, Arts Building\n\nExplore your creative sid
 e and discover a part of First Nations traditional craft: the Dreamcatcher
 . The workshop will be led by Marie-Celine Charron from the Naskapis First
  Nation of Kawawachikamach.\n\n\n\n\n聽\n聽\n聽\n聽\n聽\n聽\n\n\n\nDREAMCATCHER 
 MAKING WORKSHOP (STUDENTS ONLY) \n2:00PM - 4:00PM\, Arts Council Room\, Ro
 om 160\, Arts Building\n\nExplore your creative side and discover a part o
 f First Nations traditional craft: the Dreamcatcher. The workshop will be 
 led by Marie-Celine Charron from the Naskapis First Nation of Kawawachikam
 ach.\n\nSpaces are limited. Register by e-mailing asp.sede [at] mcgill.ca 
 \n\n聽\n聽\n聽\n聽\n\n\n聽\n\nFILM SCREENING: INUUVUNGA: I AM INUK\, I AM ALIVE
  \n7:00PM - 9:00PM\, Room 26\, Leacock Building\n\nIn this feature-length 
 documentary\, 8 Inuit teens with cameras offer a vibrant and contemporary 
 view of life in Canada鈥檚 North. They also use their newly acquired film sk
 ills to confront a broad range of issues\, from the widening communication
  gap between youth and their elders to the loss of their peers to suicide.
  In Inuktitut with English subtitles.In Partnership With: KANATA.\n\n聽\n聽
 \n聽\n聽\n聽\n聽\n聽\n\nThursday\, September 18\, 2014\n\n\nTWO-SPIRITS: HISTOR
 Y AND SURVIVAL\n12:00PM - 2:00PM\, Native Friendship Centre of Montreal\, 
 2001 Saint-Laurent Boulevard\n\nPrior to European contact\, third and four
 th gender people\, known today as Two-spirit people\, were pillars of stre
 ngth in many Indigenous communities. Two-spirit people identify themselves
  in both female and male gender roles. An integral part of Indigenous soci
 ety\, they were ceremonial leaders\, healers and shamans.\nBen Geboe will 
 explore the history of Two-spirit people and how colonization diminished t
 heir role in their own communities. In addition\, how in the last few deca
 des there has been a resurgence and revitalization in Two-spirit identity.
 \nAbout the Speaker:\nBen Geboe was born and raised on the Rosebud Sioux R
 eservation in South Dakota. He is an enrolled member of the Yankton Sioux 
 Tribe and is very active in the Indigenous community in Montreal\, New Yor
 k City and in his community. Currently\, he is in the PhD Social Work prog
 ram at 91黑料网. He holds a Master in Social Work from Columbia U
 niversity ('96). He has 10 years of experience working in hospital quality
  improvement at the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation\, and h
 as conducted 75+ Rapid Improvement Events in Perioperative Services\, OPD 
 Medicine Clinic and Revenue Cycle functions. He led a project to use Lean 
 A3 to improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer\, which he presented a
 t the Cochrane Collaboration conference in Quebec City. Currently\, he is 
 working with Wendy Thomson on defining Native/Aboriginal healthcare leader
 ship. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the American Indian Comm
 unity House\, Inc. in New York City and is an active member of the First P
 eoples鈥� House at 91黑料网. He is a founding member of the NorthEa
 st Two-Spirit Society in New York City\, which seeks to advance visibility
  of Aboriginal LGBT identity in a traditional and culturally relevant mann
 er through training and community organizing. He was published as Ben the 
 Dancer in St. Marteens Press 'Living the Spirit\,' an anthology about Gay 
 American Indians\, and also in the anthology 'Genocide of the Mind.' He al
 so pow wow dances and sings on a traditional Native/Aboriginal drum.\nIn P
 artnership With: The Native Friendship Centre of Montreal\n聽\n\nHEALING AN
 D DECOLONIZING: IMPACTS OF THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF INDIGENOUS CHILDREN
 \n2:00PM - 4:00PM\, Madeleine-Parent room (2nd floor)\, SSMU Building\, 34
 80 McTavish Street\nOn a July day in 1990\, a confrontation propelled Nati
 ve issues in Kanehsatake and the village of Oka\, Quebec\, into the intern
 ational spotlight. Director Alanis Obomsawin spent 78 nerve-wracking days 
 and nights filming the armed stand-off\nSystemic factors especially the ef
 fects of the residential schools system is a causal factor of Indigenous w
 omen and children's precarious condition in Canada. In this workshop\, we 
 will view a 25 minute video entitled: 鈥淭he Legacy of Quebec Indian Residen
 tial Schools鈥� which will be followed by an opportunity for discussion of t
 he intergenerational effects and solutions.\nThe National Aboriginal Circl
 e Against Family Violence鈥檚 (the Circle鈥檚) a national\, non-profit and cha
 ritable organization鈥檚 mandate is: to support and contribute to the succes
 s of Women's Shelters that provide services to Indigenous women and childr
 en in Canada.\nAbout the Speaker:\nLindsey Decontie the NACAFV鈥檚 Executive
  Director is an Algonquin from the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg (adjacent to M
 aniwaki\, Quebec). She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology w
 ith a concentration in Criminology from the University of Ottawa.\nIn Part
 nership With: the National Aboriginal Circle Against Family Violence\n\n\n
 聽\n\n INDIGENOUS STUDENTS AT MCGILL: BEFORE AND BEYOND GRADUATION\n5:30PM 
 鈥� 8:00PM\, 91黑料网 Faculty Club Main Dining Room\, 3450 McTavish\n\n91黑料网鈥�
 s Indigenous alumnae Dr.聽Audra Simpson will discuss the significance of Mc
 Gill as a training ground for scholarship and engaged political life. Her 
 talk will highlight the particular forms of training that students receive
  as well as the history and legacy of 91黑料网 for Indigenous people as well
  as particular place of 91黑料网 within wider networks of Indigenous scholar
 ship.\nAbout the Speaker:\nAudra Simpson is Associate Professor of Anthrop
 ology at Columbia University. Her book\, Mohawk Interruptus: Political Lif
 e Across the Borders of Settler States is published by Duke University Pre
 ss.聽 She is the editor of the Syracuse University鈥檚 reprint of Lewis Henry
  Morgan鈥檚 anthropological classic\, League of the Haudenosaunee (under con
 tract) and co-editor (with Andrea Smith) of the 10 chapter collection Theo
 rizing Native Studies\, also with Duke University Press. She has articles 
 in Cultural Anthropology\, American Quarterly\, Junctures\, Law and Contem
 porary Problems and Wicazo Sa Review.聽 She contributed to the edited volum
 e Political Theory and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Cambridge: Cambri
 dge Press 2000) and was the volume editor of Recherches amerindiennes au q
 uebec (RAQ: 1999) on 鈥渘ew directions in Iroquois studies.鈥澛� She is the rec
 ipient of fellowships and awards from Fulbright\, the National Aboriginal 
 Achievement Foundation\, Dartmouth College\, the American Anthropological 
 Association\, Cornell University and the School for Advanced Research (San
 ta Fe\, NM).聽 In 2010 she won Columbia University鈥檚 School for General Stu
 dies 鈥淓xcellence in Teaching Award.鈥� She is a Kahnawake Mohawk and a 2006 
 (MA Anthrpology) and 2004 (PhD Anthropology) alumna of 91黑料网. 
 In Partnership With: the First Peoples' House\n\n\n\nFriday\,September 19\
 , 2014\n\n\n13th ANNUAL POW WOW\n11:00AM 鈥� 4:00PM\, Lower Field\, 91黑料网 U
 niversity\n\nThe First Peoples' House invites everyone to attend 91黑料网 Un
 iversity's 13th Annual Pow Wow!\nThroughout the day there will be drumming
 \, singing\, and a variety of dances. Vendors selling food\, artwork\, and
  more will be set up around the Pow Wow tent. Organizations will also be p
 resent with information booths.\nEveryone is welcome to watch\, participat
 e\, and have a good time!\n\n\n11:00-11:15 Opening words\n11:15-11:30 GRAN
 D ENTRY\n11:30-12:15 Inter-Tribal Dances + Children鈥檚 Spot Dance\n12:15-12
 :30 Dance Demonstration #1\n12:30-1:00 Lunch/Inuit Throat Singing\n1:00-1:
 30 KZO 鈥� Aboriginal Dance & Dubstep\n1:30-2:00 Traditional Dances\n2:00-2:
 15 Dance Demonstration #2\n2:15-2:30 4th Annual Smoke Dance Competition\n2
 :45-3:15 Inter-Tribal Dances + Spot Dance\n3:15-3:30 Round Dance\n3:30-3:4
 5 Gift Giveaways\n3:45-4:00 Closing/Retiring of the Flag\n\n聽\nELDER: Alex
  Sonny Diabo HEAD FEMALE DANCER: Marie-Celine Charron HEAD MALE DANCER: Ga
 briel Whiteduck HOST DRUM: Red Tail Spirit Singers CO-HOST DRUM: Buffalo H
 at Singers THROAT SINGERS: Nina Segalowitz & Taqralik Partridge ARENA DIRE
 CTOR 鈥渢he Whip鈥�: Ray Deer MASTER OF CEREMONIES: Lance Delisle\nIn Partners
 hip With: the First Peoples鈥� House\n\n\n\n聽
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