awaniki asiniskaw īthiniwak? Who are the Rocky Cree? Gathering

May 26-28, 2023

University College of the North, Thompson, MB

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Friday, May 26

9:00 am – 11:30 am

Pre-conference school workshops

12:30 pm to 3:00 pm

Pre-conference school workshops

5 pm to 6:30 pm

GYM: Registration for all participants and attendees

6:30 pm to 10 pm

GYM: Dinner Session for all participants and attendees

Welcoming remarks & introduction: William Dumas & Mavis Reimer

David Bighetty presentation on hand drumming

Music and dance

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Saturday, May 27

9:00 am to 10:15 am

ROOM 1: Documenting Place-Based Knowledge

Grant Barkman & Larry Tait, Collaborative development of the NCN Family and Community Wellness Centre community portal

ROOM 2: Storytelling, Identity, and the Land

Warren Cariou, Storytelling and creative writing on the land

Laara Fitznor, Pimatisiwin and living according to our ancestral relatives’ guiding principles

ROOM 3: Teaching about Rocky Cree Culture

Margaret Dumas, Miniswin and language as kinship relations

Walter Sinclair, Ithinewi meskanow: teachings of a balanced life

10:30 am to 12:00 pm

ROOM 1: Sharing Circle on land-based topics

Led by Knowledge Keepers participants; all welcome

ROOM 2: Sharing Circle on land-based topics

Led by Knowledge Keepers participants; all welcome

12:00 pm to 2:00 pm

GYM: Lunch Session for all participants and attendees

William Dumas & Larry Tait on the Asiniskaw Īthiniwak star chart

2 pm to 3:15 pm

ROOM 1: Promoting Language and Picture Book Apps

Mavis Reimer, Bukola Ajayi-Afuwape, Tiara Anderson, Sarah Piche, Pīsim Finds Her Miskanaw picture book app

ROOM 2: Promoting Language and Culture via Media & Film

Simon Bird, The good, the bad, and the ugly of using social media in Cree language revitalization

Fawnda Neckoway: Carrying on traditional values, art, and teachings through film


3:30 pm to 5 pm

ROOM 1: Sharing Circle on youth topics

Led by Knowledge Keeper participants with youth participants; all welcome

ROOM 2: Sharing Circle on youth topics

Led by Knowledge Keeper participants with youth participants; all welcome

6:30 pm to 10 pm

GYM: Dinner Session for all participants and attendees

Storytelling evening with William Dumas and other participants

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Sunday, May 28

9:00 am to 10:15 am

ROOM 1: Rocky Cree History

Gordon Bighetty, History of Granville Lake

Roland Bohr, Historiography: Rocky Cree and neighbouring Indigenous Peoples (late 1600 - late 1800s)

Mathias Sinclair, History of Pukatawagan

ROOM 2: Rocky Cree Pottery & Archaeology

Scott Hamilton, Archaeology Work for the Six Seasons of the Asiniskaw Īthiniwak Project

Jill Taylor-Hollings, Asiniskaw Īthiniwak Pottery Methods

Clarence Surette, 3D-Printing Cultural Artifacts of the Asiniskaw Īthiniwak

10:30 am to 12:00pm

ROOM 1: Sharing Circle on language and culture

Led by Knowledge Keeper participants; all welcome

ROOM 2: Sharing Circle on language and culture

Led by Knowledge Keeper participants; all welcome

12:00 pm to 2:00 pm

GYM: Lunch and closing sharing circle for all participants and attendees

Where do we go from here?