‘Grounding yourself’: Learn about the history of resistance to European colonization and the on-going resiliency of the Kanien’kehá:ka nation/Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Date & time
Thursday, August 31, 2023 12 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Registration is closed
Speaker(s)
Kanen’tó:kon Hemlock, Ph.D., Kanien’kehá:ka from the local Kanien’kehá:ka community of Kahnawake
The aim of this workshop is to introduce faculty to the history of interactions between Indigenous Peoples and Europeans, and the long-term impacts it has had on Indigenous cultures and societies. Through the lens of the Kanien’kehá:ka/Haudenosaunee Confederacy, this session will provide an overview of Indigenous societies prior to contact and move its way into the 20th century.
Questions to be examined
How did the Kanien’kehá:ka/Haudenosaunee Peoples resist and survive the impacts of colonization and its on-going efforts at assimilation today?
What strategies are Kanien’kehá:ka /Haudenosaunee Peoples using to preserve and exist as distinct Indigenous Peoples today?
Format: Workshop Participants: Max 50 – Concordia faculty