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Coming Soon: An Indigenous History Podcast

  • by shekonneechie
  • Posted on June 2, 2020June 2, 2020
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Indigenous Language Education and Online Video Conferencing: Initial Reflections

  • by shekonneechie
  • Posted on May 22, 2020May 22, 2020
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Photo of Ian McCallum’s Laptop showing Yoon Ha Da Yuleekhamuneen Huluniixsuwaakan / This Is the Way We Write our Language and students (from top to bottom) Ian McCallum, Sarah and Kyenna Saunders, Jamie Tucker, and […]

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CANCELLED – Pre-NAISA Gathering Short Histories Workshop

  • by shekonneechie
  • Posted on March 14, 2020
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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 […]

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Pre-NAISA Gathering Short Histories: A Workshop for Indigenous Historians, May 5, 2020

  • by shekonneechie
  • Posted on February 24, 2020
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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 […]

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“A genuine revolution”: Transracial Gendered Relationships During International Women’s Year, 1975

  • by shekonneechie
  • Posted on March 21, 2019March 21, 2019
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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 […]

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On Being the Wrong Mary Jane McCallum: Names, Assumptions and Connections in the (Still-Unexpected) Indigenous Post-Secondary

  • by shekonneechie
  • Posted on September 20, 2018September 20, 2018
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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, […]

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Naming and Renaming: Confronting Canada’s Past

  • by shekonneechie
  • Posted on August 1, 2018
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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 […]

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Happy National Indigenous People’s Day! And Welcome to Shekon Neechie: An Indigenous History Site

  • by shekonneechie
  • Posted on June 21, 2018August 27, 2021
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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 […]

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Indigenous People, Archives and History

  • by shekonneechie
  • Posted on June 21, 2018
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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 […]

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Historians and Indigenous Genocide in Saskatchewan

  • by shekonneechie
  • Posted on June 21, 2018April 20, 2022
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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 […]

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