The Indigenous Peoples of these lands have long been the objects of research that has taken ‘data’ out of context to tell stories that reflect researchers’ beliefs and philosophies, often dehumanizing, and reflecting at best partial understandings that reduce the complexity of culture. This research becomes a tool of colonization which Indigenous peoples have long resisted by continuing to tell their own stories, and assign their own meanings to those stories. We seek to discontinue this legacy.

We respectfully acknowledge that we are living, learning, and connecting with each other in Amiskwaciwâskahikan, on Treaty Six territory and traditional lands.

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