Negotiating Schooling and Literacies in the Great Lakes and St Lawrence River Regions, 1600-1900 The early history of schooling in Great Lakes Indigenous communities is poorly understood. Though there are rich studies of specific schools, teachers, and communities, little research has been ...
Research In Action
Shaataahaa: Indigenous Methodologies for Collection Based Research
Sherry Farrell Racette visiting with an elaborately beaded Shawnee or Delaware bandolier bag (1830-1845) at the Missouri History Museum (item#: 1904.014.0002, online at www.collections.mohistory.org/resource/82619). “Shaataahaa!” is an Anishinaabe greeting used when you see, with excitement, ...
Nitaawichige: Skilled at Making Things
Rosie Deland and Judy Pierzynowski at the Nitaawichige Anishinaabe Makers’ Meeting in August 2017. Our project extends work at the Michigan State University Museum with Anishinaabe master and apprentice makers over several decades through its involvement in the Michigan Traditional Arts ...
Jiingwan: Sounding Out Law
This pilot project explores the relationship between sound and law, as well as institutional and tribal protocols. Its goal is to reconnect historical sound-making heritage items in museums with the First Nations communities from which they originated. The overall objectives are threefold: to hear ...
Translating Onöndowa’ga:’ Archaeology into Stories
Cornell University, Ganondagan, and the Seneca-Iroquois National Museum Translating Onöndowa’ga:’ Archaeology into Stories: the Townley-Read and White Springs Sites Brass ring face with “Sacred Heart” design recovered from the Seneca Townley-Read site, circa 1715-1754. The goal of this ...