We have decided to cancel the Pre-NAISA Gathering Short Histories Workshop on May 5 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This cancellation follows the NAISA council’s decision to cancel the annual meeting. We are saddened to […]
The editorial boards of Shekon Neechie and Te Pouhere Korero (https://www.facebook.com/tepouherekorero/), two Indigenous history organizations, are hosting a one-day gathering of Indigenous historians on the 5th of May, 2020. This gathering will be held two […]
By Sarah Nickel At the British Columbia Indian Homemakers’ Association annual dinner commemorating International Women’s Year in June 1975, New Democratic Party MLA Rosemary Brown gave a rousing speech outlining “our shared struggles” as women […]
By Mary Jane “not the senator” McCallum Mary Jane McCallum was appointed to the Senate in early December 2017. At the time, she joined five other Indigenous senators: Murray Sinclair, Lillian Dyck, Sandra Lovelace Nicholas, […]
By Brenda Macdougall On 13 July 2018, I was one of five scholars asked to present thoughts on the topic, “What’s in a Name? The Debate over Public Commemorations in Canada,” for the Historical Thinking […]
About the site Shekon Neechie provides a venue for Indigenous historians to gather as an e-community and share their ideas or works in progress. “Historian” in this case is broadly defined as a person who […]
By Mary Jane Logan McCallum This essay is based on a lecture given as part of the Weweni Lecture Series at the University of Winnipeg on March 7, 2018.[1] The Weweni Lecture series is designed […]
By Robert Alexander Innes As a result of the Calls to Action released by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) the notion that Indigenous people endured cultural genocide has garnered much discussion. For many, who […]
By Robert Alexander Innes Dewdney Avenue runs east–west through the entire length of the city of Regina, the capital of Saskatchewan: past the RCMP Academy in the west end, skirting the iconic (new) Mosaic Stadium, […]
By Kim Anderson The Kika’ige Historical Society is a professorial performance art troupe, formed by three Indigenous women with PhDs in Canadian history: Dr. Kim Anderson (Metis, Associate Professor, Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, University of Guelph); Dr. Lianne […]