McGill University Symposium on Indigenous Cultures (MUSIC)

Living History: Through Indigenous Voices

9 am to 9:30 am: Opening and welcome

9:30 to 10:30 am: “Stories that tell our knowledge”

By David Gabriel, Kanehsatake Mohawk Territory

10:30 am to 11:30 am: Stories of Indigenous arts and sciences: “More than bows and Arrows”

By N. Scott Momaday

11:30 am to 12:30 pm: “Stories of a living history”

By Paul Delaronde, Kahnawake Mohawk Territory

12:30 to 1:30 pm: Lunch time talk “Stories from Misstissinni”

By Elma Moses, Ph.D. candidate McGill University

1:30 to 2:30 pm: Stories of tradition and change: “Starting Fire with Gunpowder” NFB 1994)

By David Poisey, North West Territories

2:30 pm to 3:30 pm: “Stories from songs: Inuit throat songs”

By Taqralik Partridge, Atavaq Cultural Centre, Montreal

3:30 pm to 4 pm: Closing:: “Storytellers as healers: mirrors to see our good selves”

By Thohahoken, McGill University

Presented by: McGill University Joint Senate Board Subcommittee on First Peoples Equity (JSBSC-FPE); Faculty of Education; Faculty of Law; School of Social Work; Social Equity and Diversity Education (SEDE); Artwork design: Michael Loft