- May 4, 2024
Please join UMP for a signing of Chantal Fiola’s Rekindling the Sacred Fire at Shawane Dagosin.
“Shawane Dagosiwin” Being respectful, caring and passionate about Aboriginal research
Aboriginal Education Research Forum 2015
When: May 19, 2015
Where: Bookfair, “Shawane Dagosin”: http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/aerf/
The Legacy Centre–Louis Riel School Division (900 St Mary’s Road, Winnipeg)
The theme of this year’s conference is “Enacting Engaging Research methods for Capacity Building: Community Indigenous Environmental Wellness for Individual Strengths”
About the Book
Why don’t more Métis people go to traditional ceremonies? How does going to ceremonies impact Métis identity? In Rekindling the Sacred Fire, Chantal Fiola investigates the relationship between Red River Métis ancestry, Anishinaabe spirituality, and identity, bringing into focus the ongoing historical impacts of colonization upon Métis relationships with spirituality on the Canadian prairies. Using a methodology rooted in Anishinaabe knowledge and principles along with select Euro-Canadian research practices and tools, Fiola’s work is a model for indigenized research.
Fiola’s interviews of people with Métis ancestry, or an historic familial connection to the Red River Métis, who participate in Anishinaabe ceremonies, shares stories about family history, self-identification, and their relationships with Aboriginal and Euro-Canadian cultures and spiritualities. This study seeks to understand the historical suppression of Anishinaabe spirituality among the Métis and its more recent reconnection that breaks down the colonial divisions between their cultures.
About the Author
Chantal Fiola is Métis Anishinaabe-Kwe from the Red River region of Manitoba. She teaches Native Studies at the University of Manitoba.
