Giving Voice to Our Ancestors

Verna ]. Kirkness, Director of the First Nations House of Learning, agreed to he a keynote speaker for the Mokakit Education Research Conference, "Giving Voiceto Our Ancestors," held at the University of British Columbia, September 29 to October 2,1992. Her talk was taped, transcribed, the...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kirkness, Verna J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: UBC Faculty of Education 2021
Subjects:
Online Access:http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/CJNE/article/view/195723
https://doi.org/10.14288/cjne.v19i2.195723
Description
Summary:Verna ]. Kirkness, Director of the First Nations House of Learning, agreed to he a keynote speaker for the Mokakit Education Research Conference, "Giving Voiceto Our Ancestors," held at the University of British Columbia, September 29 to October 2,1992. Her talk was taped, transcribed, then edited. The text presented here reflects timeless teachings of the Ancestors honored in various ways by people today. Verna poignantly reminds us of these important teachings and chalĀ­ lenges us to transform these into our educational thinking and practice. .