Braided learning : illuminating Indigenous presence through art and story

Dion, Susan D. 1959- (author.).

Summary: "The Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Indigenous activism have made many Canadians uncomfortably aware of how little they know about First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples. In Braided Learning, Lenape-Potawatomi scholar and educator Susan Dion shares her approach to learning and teaching about Indigenous histories and perspectives. Métis leader Louis Riel illuminated the connection between creativity and identity in his declaration, "My people will sleep for a hundred years, but when they awake, it will be the artists who give them their spirits back." --

Record details

ISBN: 9780774880787 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
xi, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Vancouver, British Columbia : Purich Books, [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: Indigenous Presence -- 1 Requisites for Reconciliation -- 2 Seeing Yourself in Relationship with Settler Colonialism -- 3 The Historical Timeline: Refusing Absence, Knowing Presence, and Being Indigenous -- 4 Learning from Contemporary Indigenous Artists -- 5 The Braiding Histories Stories / Co-written with Michael R. Dion -- Conclusion: Wuleelham - Make Good Tracks -- Glossary and Additional Resources: Making Connections, Extending Learning -- Notes -- Bibliography.