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A teepee outside of Migizii Agamik – Bald Eagle Lodge at the Fort Garry Campus.

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Indigenous Awareness Week expands to Indigenous Awareness Month for 2018

February 28, 2018 — 
Most events are free in March, and are open to everyone

Sébastien Aubin. // Photo by Sammi St Clair

‘no brighter in the middle’ – the interconnected works of Sébastien Aubin

February 26, 2018 — 
U of M’s first Indigenous Designer in Residence shares his experiences

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Indigenous Designer in Residence exhibits work

February 26, 2018 — 
The School of Art’s latest exhibit, Sebastien Aubin: no brighter in the middle, will open with a two-part “dialogic” workshop by Professor Norman Cornett, a specialist in theology of the arts, on Feb. 27, 28

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Boys playing hockey at the McIntosh, Ontario, school. Many students said that they would not have survived their residential school years, were it not for sports. St. Boniface Historical Society, Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Manitoba Province Fonds, SHSB 29362.

Reconciliation through sports, a public forum

February 21, 2018 — 
'What I’m going to talk about is living examples of how sport basically was our outlet. It was our sacred space'

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(L-R) Anita Campbell, minister of finance and human resources at the Louis Riel Capital Corporation, Métis students Laura Forsythe, Brad Boudreau and Jenna Vandal, and U of M president David Barnard

Photo gallery: Louis Riel Day 2018

February 20, 2018 — 
On Friday, Feb. 16, the fourth-annual Louis Riel Day celebrations took place at Migizii Agamik – Bald Eagle Lodge in honour of Manitoba’s founding father

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U of M Elder in residence, Norman Meade, speaking at ABEP's 20th Anniversary Celebration.

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Helping others through their spiritual journey the ‘most rewarding part’ for Elder Norman Meade

February 16, 2018 — 
Currently, Meade’s presence is felt as a mentor for students on campus, as well as a recently ordained Pastor in the province. The latter was an honour that he didn’t necessarily expect.

Sport used as a tool for assimilation

February 16, 2018 — 
In the history of Canada, Residential Schools encouraged Indigenous students to participate in mainstream activities such as hockey or football instead of Indigenous activities such as lacrosse, for example

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Settler poster from Library and ARCHIVES CANADA

Globe and Mail: How the death of Colten Boushie allowed a myth to be told in court

February 14, 2018 — 
U of M professors dissect a story, told since settler's days, that was recast in court

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THE STATUE OF LOUIS RIEL, ADORNED WITH A SASH BY THE MÉTIS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ASSOCIATION

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Louis Riel Day: Celebrating Métis inclusion on campus

February 13, 2018 — 
On Friday, February 16, the fourth-annual Louis Riel Day celebrations will take place at Migizii Agamik - Bald Eagle Lodge, beginning at 11 a.m.

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Three Indigenous students on the stairs of ARTlab

New Indigenous scholarship helps reduce barriers to post-secondary success

January 31, 2018 — 
UMSU Award for Indigenous Community Leaders now seeking nominations

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