Indigenous knowledge, stories to be shared with the community
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This article was published 18/07/2018 (2752 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The Riverbank Discovery Centre is hosting a pair of sessions this summer to share Indigenous knowledge and stories with the Brandon community.
Called the Indigenous Knowledge Sharing Sessions, the talks will feature knowledge keeper Eugene Ross, who will share his teachings about the First Nations people of the Plains.
The sessions are a joint project between the Brandon Riverbank Inc. and the Brandon Urban Aboriginal Peoples’ Council and are open to Indigenous and non-Indigenous people alike. The first talk is on Thursday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
“Storytelling … (is) a very important part of Indigenous culture and who the Indigenous people are,” said Lisa Noctor, manager of tourism for the Brandon Riverbank Inc. and Brandon Tourism.
The hope is that as they develop the program and receive further feedback from the community, more relationships will be built with different Indigenous cultures, Noctor said.
“It’s pretty neat,” she said. “We’re very excited about this project.”
Jason Gobeil, Aboriginal community co-ordinator for the BUAPC, said the idea for the knowledge sharing sessions came about earlier this year after a pair of interpreters were hired through the Canada Summer Jobs program.
He said they started to think about what other activities they could do, in addition to National Indigenous Peoples Day last June, when the idea to bring in Ross, who has amassed a collection of traditional Dakota items, came about.
“I hope people see that learning from Indigenous peoples or learning the values of Indigenous peoples isn’t just a one-day event that happens on June 21, on National Indigenous Peoples Day, and that this is something that we can take advantage of on any of the 365 days that the year has to offer us,” Gobeil said.
He added that the connection to land and what can be learned from it is very important to Indigenous people.
“And I think that with the teachings that Eugene is going to bring to the land, as far as sharing some of those artifacts, sharing some of those stories, it’s really going to start opening up the minds of our community members, and seeing that there is a truly rich Indigenous history that accompanies the land that Brandon sits on, and that’s something we want to be very proud of.”
The second of the Indigenous Knowledge Sharing Sessions will take place during the same time of day on Aug. 7.
Following that, another talk is in the works for Aug. 15 at the Assiniboine Food Forest in the city’s east end, where four knowledge keepers will tell stories about the land.
“This in itself is going to help lift the Indigenous profile of our community in a way that shines with the true nature of connecting with land,” Gobeil said.
More information about the events can be found on Facebook or by calling 204-729-2129.
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