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Beautiful walk yesterday on campus with colleagues.. A patch of camus, that nourished Lekwungen speaking peoples in this territory. Thinking about how traditional foods are part of our identity... also made me think of the movements of harvesting and preparing...

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I hope we can hear more from Alicia and Kelly, migwetch for your time and heart. Emma's question about the relation of powwow in its modern form to pre-colonial dances in her community gave rise to wonderings.  Cultural safety for 2S/Indigiqueer people in powwow dance is something I've thought about a lot.  I recently watched this talk about 2Spirit cultural safety with Dr's Makokis and Walters which spoke to decolonizing deeply.

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I hope we can hear more from Alicia and Kelly, migwetch for your time and heart. Emma's question about the relation of powwow in its modern form to pre-colonial dances in her community gave rise to wonderings.  Cultural safety for 2S/Indigiqueer people in powwow dance is something I've thought about a lot.  I recently watched this talk about 2Spirit cultural safety with Dr's Makokis and Walters which spoke to decolonizing deeply.

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Dr. James Makokis
Medical Director, Shkaabe Makwa Centre for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Wellness, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH, Ontario)

Dr. Karina Walters
Associate Dean for Research, the Katherine Hall Chambers Scholar, and the Co-Director and Principal Investigator of the Indigenous Wellness Research Institute, University of Washington State

Dr. Billie Allan
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Victoria
Chair, Thunderbird Circle - Indigenous Social Work Educators' Network (TC-ISWEN)

(Photo: Dr. James Makokis)

Dr. Billie Allan is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Victoria and the Chair of the Thunderbird Circle - Indigenous Social Work Educators Network (TC-ISWEN). Billie is a Two Spirit Anishinaabe person from Sharbot Lake, Ontario, whose scholarship currently focuses on the impact of racism and child welfare on Indigenous health and well-being, Two Spirit health and well-being, and Black and Indigenous decolonial solidarity.​

Dr. James Makokis, a nehiyô (Plains Cree), Two-Spirit Family Physician from Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta, is the medical director for Shkaabe Makwa Centre for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Wellness in Toronto. Shkaabe Makwa is the first hospital-based centre in Canada focusing on the mental health of Indigenous people through research, training and healing models that bring together traditional knowledge and contemporary medicine. Dr. Makokis also holds clinics at the Kehewin Cree Nation and at an urban transgender health focused practice in Edmonton. He is the recipient of the Indspire Award, Rising Star Alumni Award in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa, and Distinguished Alumni Award at Macewan University. In 2019, Dr. Makokis appeared with his husband Anthony Johnson as "Team Ahkameyimok" on Season 7 of The Amazing Race Canada and won, becoming the first two-spirit, married Indigenous couple in the world to do so. His passion lies in rebuilding the Nehiyô medical system and running ultra endurance marathons.

Dr. Karina Walters, a Two Spirit member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, is the Associate Dean for Research, the Katherine Hall Chambers Scholar, and the Co-Director and Principal Investigator of the Indigenous Wellness Research Institute at the University of Washington. Dr. Walters has more than 25 years of experience in social epidemiological research on the historical, social, and cultural determinants of health among American Indian and Alaskan Native (AIAN) populations as well as chronic disease prevention research. Much of her social epidemiological work has centered urban AIANs and LGBT-Two Spirit populations across the United States. She is recognized internationally for her expertise in designing decolonizing community-based, culturally grounded methodologies.

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National Indigenous Cultural Safety Learning Series

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Dr. James Makokis Medical Director, Shkaabe Makwa Centre for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Wellness, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH, Ontario) Dr. Karina Walters Associate Dean for Research, the Katherine Hall Chambers Scholar, and the Co-Director and Principal Investigator of the Indigenous Wellness Research Institute, University of Washington

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…and whatever else may linger in our thinking, and may be important to share with others…

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…and whatever else may linger in our thinking, and may be important to share with others…

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...as well as possibilities with respect to Indigenous cultural forms and practices…

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...as well as possibilities with respect to Indigenous cultural forms and practices…

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Thinking about restorying and place in decolonizing commitments and their processes...

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Thinking about restorying and place in decolonizing commitments and their processes...

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In providing opportunities for Indigenous and non-Indigenous children to learn about the importance of Indigenous dances, what positive transformational experiences might be possible?

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In providing opportunities for Indigenous and non-Indigenous children to learn about the importance of Indigenous dances, what positive transformational experiences might be possible?

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What counter-stories may help decolonize understandings and relationships with place, historically and presently?

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What counter-stories may help decolonize understandings and relationships with place, historically and presently?