‘Grounding yourself’: Learn about the history of resistance to European colonization and the on-going resiliency of the Kanien’kehá:ka nation/Haudenosaunee Confederacy

About the workshop

The aim of this workshop is to introduce faculty to the history of interactions between Indigenous Peoples and Europeans, and the long-term impacts it has had on Indigenous cultures and societies. Through the lens of the Kanien’kehá:ka/Haudenosaunee Confederacy, this session will provide an overview of Indigenous societies prior to contact and move its way into the 20th century.

Questions to be examined

• How did the Kanien’kehá:ka/Haudenosaunee Peoples resist and survive the impacts of colonization and its on-going efforts at assimilation today?
• What strategies are Kanien’kehá:ka /Haudenosaunee Peoples using to preserve and exist as distinct Indigenous Peoples today?

Format: Workshop
Participants: Max 50 – Concordia faculty