• Textbook Colonization: Land, Education, Stories

  • Nov 4 2024
  • Length: 41 mins
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Textbook Colonization: Land, Education, Stories

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  • In this episode, we’re digging into the stories we’ve been told about the about the history of the lands now known as Canada. We’re reflecting on the role education has played in disseminating colonial myths, and the hard work underway to get to the truth of our collective history.  
     
    This time on Taapwaywin, Ry Moran talks to Pia Russell and Chaa’winisaks about how school textbooks were central in promoting and spreading colonial ideas, and with Paulette Steeves about her work reclaiming two hundred thousand years of Indigenous history.  
     
    Paulette Steeves: https://paulettesteeves22.wixsite.com/drpaulettesteeves 
     
    The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere book:  
    https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496202178/ 
     
    Learn more about the BC Historical Textbooks Project here: 
    https://www.uvic.ca/library/research-teaching/collections/about/curriculum-textbooks.php 
     
    UVic’s Indigenous Cultural Acumen Training: 
    https://www.uvic.ca/services/indigenous/facultystaff/icat/index.php 
     
    Information on the return of ȽEL¸TOS James Island: https://www.dgwlaw.ca/tsawout-first-nation-making-headlines-files-claim-for-return-of-james-island/ 

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