About this event
Kids & FamilyJoin Professor Rick Monture for a discussion about pre-contact peace agreements between Indigenous nations, treaties between Indigenous peoples and Europeans, and the various "numbered" treaties in Canada. Learn about the philosophies behind the Dish With One Spoon wampum and its significance today, as well as the 1784 Haldimand Proclamation as it pertains to First Nations in Southern Ontario. Come discover why treaties are a vital part of the movement towards Truth and Reconciliation!
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Bio:
Rick Monture is a member of the Mohawk nation, Turtle clan, from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. He is a Professor in the Department of English & Cultural Studies and Indigenous Studies at McMaster University where he teaches classes on Indigenous literature, Haudenosaunee history, traditional narratives, and Bob Dylan. He is also a Community Research Fellow with Six Nations Polytechnic and the Deyohahage / Indigenous Knowledge Centre based at Six Nations and is an active member of the language revitalization movement in his community. In partnership with the Woodland Cultural Centre in Brantford, Rick currently holds a Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) award for a project that examines the events that led to the overthrow of the traditional Haudenosaunee government, by Ottawa, to implement an elected council system in 1924. His book, We Share our Matters: Two Centuries of Writing and Resistance at Six Nations of the Grand River, was published in 2014 and is an examination of the Grand River Haudenosaunee’s assertions of sovereignty and social justice through letters, political activism, literature, and film. Rick lives at Six Nations with his family.