Improving Academic and Personal Success for Native Learners Seeking Culturally Relevant and Authentic Anishinaabe Knowledge as Shared by a Knowledge Keeper ...

This study of culturally relevant and authentic Anishinaabe Knowledge was possible through the discussions with a well-respected and well-known Knowledge Keeper who comes from the community that call themselves Runners. He does not consider himself an Elder in my observation as he is too humble and...

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Main Author: Poitras-Collins, Tracey Jeanne
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Graduate Studies 2018
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/prism/31795
https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/106507
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Summary:This study of culturally relevant and authentic Anishinaabe Knowledge was possible through the discussions with a well-respected and well-known Knowledge Keeper who comes from the community that call themselves Runners. He does not consider himself an Elder in my observation as he is too humble and wishes not to be identified to ensure his privacy. With the arrival of the European ideologies and degradation of Native cultures, mores and education systems, the Runners were given the responsibility to retain their Knowledge. This Anishinaabe cultural system, that the Runners have retained, has existed since time immemorial and sustained the people of Turtle Island for millennia. Native education is a land and sky, creation and cosmos-based learning system that is as applicable today as it was four hundred years ago. However, the teachings of our ancestors are being lost and very few remember the authentic teachings. Through the documentation of the oral land and sky teachings, these teachings will continue for ...