Guest lecture and book signing with Dr. Wendy Makoons Geniusz

In her recent book, Our Knowledge is Not Primitive: Decolonizing Botanical Anishinaabe Teachings (Syracuse University Press), Dr. Wendy Makoons Geniusz contrasts the ways in which Ojibwe knowledge has been collected and presented by non-Native researchers with how that knowledge is preserved within Ojibwe communities.  Her book contributes to recent discussions on how Indigenous communities and Indigenous researchers can use research as a way to decolonize their minds and their knowledge in order to conduct research that will be meaningful to us all.  She is the editor of two books about Ojibwe language and culture revitalization which will be published in June 2015 (University of Minnesota Press).

Dr. Wendy Makoons Geniusz Lecture and book signing
3:00-4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 

White Earth Tribal and Community College
Drum Hall
Wadiswan 
New Campus
2250 College Road
Mahnomen, MN

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Dr. Geniusz, a Bear-Clan, Cree woman raised with Ojibwe language and culture, credits her life and all of her success to the strength of the Ojibwe language. She is an assistant professor of Languages at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, where she teaches Ojibwe language courses.