māmowi āsohtētān | let’s cross this together
7th annual Internal Truth and Reconciliation Forum:
A gathering for the USask community
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
tanshi tawāw anin sikwa edlanet'e hau koda welcome!
Sponsored by the Office of the Vice-Provost Indigenous Engagement and facilitated by the Mistatimōk Committee, this annual event is a response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action and provides an opportunity to gather and to constructively and respectfully dialogue and plan for the university environment we need and want.
Naming of the Forum
māmowi āsohtētān
(pronounced maah-ma-wih aah-soh-day-daan)
"let's cross this together"
A special thanks to Department of Indigenous Studies faculty member and language teacher Randy Morin, who gifted the name māmowi āsohtētān. As he recounted, he had a moment of inspiration about a Cree phrase that encapsulated the theme and intent of the forum and shared it with the vice-provost on a piece of paper with the translation on it.
This Years Forum
Join us Tuesday May 14, 2024 from 12:00 to 2:30 PM at the Quance Theatre in the Education Building for a constructed conversation about the book: Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, A White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation by Andrew Stobo Sniderman and Douglas Sanderson.
For ways to access the book, please reach out to the Office of the Vice-Provost Indigenous Engagement.
About the Presenters
DOUGLAS SANDERSON (AMO BINASHII) is Beaver Clan, from the Opaskwayak Cree Nation. He is a Fulbright Scholar, and holds the Prichard Wilson Chair in Law and Public Policy at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law. Professor Sanderson has served as senior Advisor to the government of Ontario, in the offices of the Attorney General and Aboriginal Affairs.
ANDREW STOBO SNIDERMAN is a writer, lawyer and Rhodes Scholar from Montreal. He has written for the New York Times, the Globe and Mail and Maclean’s. He has also argued before the Supreme Court of Canada, served as the human rights policy advisor to the Canadian minister of foreign affairs, and worked Valley of the Birdtail for a judge of South Africa’s Constitutional Court.
The land is acknowledged as our Mother, the Earth. The University of Saskatchewan is committed to honor and support the *Indigenous peoples, Indigenous cultures, Indigenous values, and Indigenous languages that belong to the land of Treaty 6 Territory and Homeland of the Métis. The University of Saskatchewan is committed to working towards mending colonized lands and protecting the land in a way that demonstrates honour, respect, and love. The University of Saskatchewan extends this commitment to the lands and Treaty territories (Treaties 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10) that constitute kisiskâciwan ([Saskatchewan], “the swift current”, Cree/Saulteaux), and all Indigenous people that call kisiskâciwan home. We are born to the land and the land claims us.
To learn more about Land Acknowledgements: Indigenous.usask.ca