Indigenous Collections Symposium Program
Overview | Webinar & Session Recordings | Schedule | Speakers | Proceedings
Six Nations Polytechnic, Ohsweken & Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford
March 23-24, 2017
Schedule at a Glance
THURSDAY
March 23, 2017 at Six Nations Polytechnic - Grand River Room
| TIME | SESSION |
| 8:00-9:00am | Registration |
| 9:00-10:00am | Opening & Gathering |
| 10:00-10:45am |
Keynote: The Dream, The Pulse, The River Wanda Nanibush, Art Gallery of Ontario |
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10:45-11:15am
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B R E A K |
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11:15-12:15pm
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COLLECTING
1) Collecting on a Continuum: Artifacts(?) to Art
2) The Ojibwe Cultural Foundation and Archaeological Collections
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12:15-1:15pm
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L U N C H |
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1:15-2:15pm
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COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT
1) Transforming the Archaeological Material Heritage of Ontario
2) Unsettling Museum Catalogues
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| 2:15-2:45pm | B R E A K |
| 2:45-4:00pm |
CASE STUDIES
1) Partnering with the Atikokan Native Friendship Centre
2) Deyohahá:ge Case Study
3) Archives Association of Ontario and Archives of Ontario
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| 4:00-4:45pm |
BREAKOUT DISCUSSION
What are the promising practices and next steps?
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4:45-5:15pm
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Witness Reflection |
FRIDAY
March 24, 2017 at Woodland Cultural Centre - Orientation Room
| TIME | SESSION |
| 9:00-10:00am |
Opening
1) Introduction to Mohawk Institute, Residential School History, Collecting & Interpretation
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| 10:00-10:30am | B R E A K |
| 10:30-11:15am |
Repatriation, Reconciliation, and Refiguring Relationships. A Case Study of the Return of Children’s Artwork from the Alberni Indian Residential School to Survivors and Their Families. |
| 11:15-12:15pm |
REPATRIATION
1) The MFN Artefact Story – The Challenges of Coming Home
2) Ruffling the Feathers of the Smithsonian: The National Museum of ....the American Indian and Repatriation
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| 12:15-1:15pm | L U N C H |
| 1:15-2:45pm |
INITIATIVES FOR RECONCILIATION
1) Working with Indigenous Collections at the CMH
2) One Stitch at a Time – A Cultural Tourism Partnership
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| 2:45-3:15pm |
B R E A K
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| 3:15-4:15pm |
BREAKOUT DISCUSSION
What are the promising practices and next steps?
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4:15-5:00pm
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Witness Reflection & Closing |
