Kindred Practice: Experiences of a Research Group Working Towards Decolonization and Indigenization in the Everyday
Abstract
This paper engages the question of kindred practice as contemplated by three members of a research group working toward decolonization and Indigenization. The focus on kindred practice is informed by the title and description of the wâhkôhtowin: Indigenizing practice, linking kindred spirits conference held in September 2014, at the University of Saskatchewan. Being each positioned uniquely in relation to social power hierarchies, for the authors, the notion of what it means to be kindred in advocacy carries nuanced dynamics and inflections. As the piece unfolds, each author elaborates key attributes of practice believed to both underlie our kindred relationship and align with the ends of decolonization and Indigenization
ôma masinahikan ôta e-kî-nistokamâtocik e-nanitonâhkik tânisi cîhkâhtaw peyakwan e-kî-isi-wâpahtamihk ôma kâkwe-kweskipimâtisihk ekwa ka-kîwe-totamihk iyiniwewin. e-kî-mâmiskohtamihk esa wâhkôhtowin: iyiniwewin, kâkî-mâmawi-api nôcihtowipîsim 2014, kihci-kiskinwamâtohwikamikohk U of S. ôma mîna kîtapicik ekwa ka-isi-atoskâtahkik, wâpahtamok mitoni cîhkâhtaw peykwan e-isi-nayâhtakik ôma kâkwe-kweskipitâhkik kihci-kiskinwamâtohwikamikohk ekwa ka-mâmawi-kamâtocik.
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