THE INTERDISCIPLINARY INITIATIVE IN APPLIED INDIGENOUS ... … · Dr. Chris Andersen is an...

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MONDAY, NOV. 7 2:30-3:30 pm Josephine Spencer Niblett Law Building (LB) Room 207, Moot Court Room THE INTERDISCIPLINARY INITIATIVE IN APPLIED INDIGENOUS SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTS: Dr. Chris Andersen is an internationally regarded Indigenous Studies scholar. His books, articles and chapters have contributed to a rethinking of Canada’s past, particularly relating to understanding Métis as an Indigenous people rather than “mixed ancestry” derivatives of First Nations and Inuit communities. Using a rare combination of statistical, archival and legal evidence, Andersen’s work is charting new directions in Canadian scholarship, ushering in a new era of Métis scholarship. WHO IS INDIGENOUS? with CHRIS ANDERSEN, PhD Professor, University of Alberta INDIGENOUS ANCESTRY, WHITE POSSESSIVENESS AND THE TYRANNY OF SELF-IDENTIFICATION Background artwork: David Garneau. “Red River 1870’s (beaded map).” Acrylic on canvas. 122 by 153cm. 2006. Collection of the Murray Library, University of Saskatchewan.

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  • MONDAY, NOV. 72:30-3:30 pmJosephine Spencer Niblett Law Building (LB) Room 207, Moot Court Room

    THE INTERDISCIPLINARY INITIATIVE IN APPLIED INDIGENOUS SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTS:

    Dr. Chris Andersen is an internationally regarded Indigenous Studies scholar. His books, articles and chapters have contributed to a rethinking of Canada’s past, particularly relating to understanding Métis as an Indigenous people rather than “mixed ancestry” derivatives of First Nations and

    Inuit communities. Using a rare combination of statistical, archival and legal evidence, Andersen’s work is charting new directions in Canadian scholarship, ushering in a new era of Métis scholarship.

    WHO IS INDIGENOUS?

    with CHRIS ANDERSEN, PhD Professor, University of Alberta

    INDIGENOUS ANCESTRY, WHITE POSSESSIVENESS

    AND THE TYRANNY OF SELF-IDENTIFICATION

    Background artwork:David Garneau. “Red River 1870’s (beaded map).” Acrylic on canvas. 122 by 153cm. 2006. Collection of the Murray Library, University of Saskatchewan.