Lakehead University will launch its new Anishinaabe Kendaasiwin Institute (AKI) on Monday, May 30, which is hosting the Telling Our Stories: Indigenous Self-Determination in Data and Research, a regional Native American and Indigenous Studies Association conference.
In Anishinaabemowin, Anishinaabe Kendaasiwin loosely translates to Anishnaabe knowledge systems. Anishinaabe Kendaasiwin is a wholistic and robust knowledge system that promotes mino-bimaadiziwin (the good life) which includes good relationships with the rest of creation.
The Telling Our Stories: Indigenous Self-Determination in Data and Research conference will discuss Indigenous data, meaning any information and knowledge about an Indigenous person, community, territory, or nation, including information about the relationship with non-human beings, administrative, census, health, social, commercial, and corporate data, and traditional and cultural information such as stories.
Indigenous data and the ways it is collected and interpreted are an integral part of Indigenous self-determination.
Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars are attending as well as community members.
Media are invited to interview Dr. Lana Ray, AKI’s Director, by attending the following:
| EVENT | Launch of the Anishinaabe KendaasiwinInstitute |
| When | Monday, May 30 – 11 am |
Where | Indigenous Student Centre – UC 1007 – near the Agora/Security |
