Baawaajige: Exploring Dreams as Academic References

• Published in: Turtle Island Journal of Indigenous Health
• Main Author: Shawanda, Amy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Waakebiness Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health 2020
• Subjects: anishina*
• Online Access: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/tijih/article/view/34020; https://doi.org/10.33137/tijih.v1i1.34020

Baawaajige: my ideas for research are often revealed while sleeping. We as Anishinaabe People are able to connect to the spiritual realm through dreams. I will explore how Anishinaabe People utilize dreams and validate Indigenous ways of knowing without feeling shy and to be proud of where we obtain our knowledge. We need to normalize our dreams and visions within our writing. My conference presentation explores the use of dreams in academic writing as validated research. I want to privilege Indigenous research method and methodology that appears within our dreams, visions, and through fasting. How do we reference these in our academic writing? How do we provide context to such intimate moments between us and the Spirit World? How do we honour that knowledge in colonial academic papers? I will explore these questions while contributing to Indigenous research methods, and methodologies.