Love, Joy, Peace, and Light

Authors

  • Lois Edge MacEwan University, Alberta

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18733/cpi29738

Keywords:

Indigenous education, Indigenous pedagogy, Celebrating Indigeneity, Dene Metis

Abstract

The following video depicts the author’s movements from silence into utterance. It narrates a French, nehiyaw ᓀᐦᐃᔭ âpihtawikosisân and Denesuliné Dinjii Zhuh, Scottish, British educator’s journeys through ancestral pathways into contemporary well-being. As importantly, the video illustrates:

-    The disjuncture of rhythmic cadence vacillating within liminal spaces. It is compelled and guided along ancestral pathways from   darkness into light.
-    A synchronicity of rites of passage.
-    Inhalation and exhalation of breath.
-    Blood memory awakens drum song singing ancestors into being.

Moreover, the video is a celebration of First Peoples of Turtle Island honouring the gift of life embodied encircled together. ᐊᐧᓂᐢᑲ waniska.

Author Biography

Lois Edge, MacEwan University, Alberta

A member of the Northwest Territory Metis Nation, Lois Edge, PhD, is a mother and grandmother, residing at Amiskwaciwâskahikanihk, who is returning to visit with the river, rapids and ravens,   and relatives, at Thebáchá, alongside the Rapids of the Drowned on the Slave River in her ancestral homeland of Denendeh, ‘land of the people,’ at Fort Smith, Northwest Territories.

Dr. Lois Edge’s interests include Indigenous pedagogy and methodology; Indigenous women’s ancestral knowledges and contemporary lifeways; autoethnography and ethnohistory; and Indigenous cultural resurgence, health and wellness. An active practitioner in Indigenous education, Dr. Edge is currently Assistant Professor, Indigenous Studies, School of Continuing Education, MacEwan University, Alberta, and a Faculty Lead in Indigenous Education at Yorkville University, New Brunswick.

References

The author expresses gratitude in acknowledging copyright permission granted, as follows:

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Slave River Women’s Drumming Circle. (2019, March 24). Celebration of Life Drum Song [Audio Recording]. Mabel’s House, Northwest Territory Metis Nation. Fort Smith, Northwest Territories.

von Bingen, Hildegard. (2016, December 26). Voices of Angels, Voices of Ascension [Video Audio Recording]. Dennis Reene, Conductor. Nicorobokun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6qFCYRQKVA

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Published

2024-11-13

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 2 (2024): Spirit, Heart and Reconciliation

Section

Articles, Illustrations and Verse

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