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?