Category Archives: Uncategorized
“Poverty doesn’t give you strength or teach you lessons about perseverance. No, poverty only teaches you how to be poor.” (Alexie, 54).
Education: Is it really for everyone? That question has been increasingly on my mind since we have been discussing those who are differently abled, and those who are made disadvantaged by society in this course. A novel that was … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Look East.
In the previous blogs I have looked at residential schools and the empowerment of traditional ways of healing wounds associated with that experience, I have looked at the healing ability of nature, and how it can sustain us using traditional … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Throughout these blogs you may notice I often say “way of knowing” instead of knowledge. This is an Indigenous term taught to me in my past courses. It relates in my mind an ability to recognize that perceiving knowledge is … Continue reading
A Small Slice of Natures Empowerment
In the prior blog I looked at the effects of residential schools and a healing ceremony such as the drum ceremony, and the healing power of “together-ness”, thus I focused more on mental healing, which had empowering qualities for one … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
“Indian Reside…
“Indian Residential Schools date back to the1870’s. The policy behind the government funded, church-run schools attempted to ‘kill the Indian in the child’. Over 130 residential schools were located across the country, with the last one closing in 1996” Truth … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
1 Comment
Dwelve in
The following blog delves into the importance of traditional Indigenous knowledge. Stories of personal experience, integrated with traditional teachings and Indigenous ways of knowing will be put into a blog to express and place emphasize on the empowerment and healing … Continue reading
melanieogden.wordpress.com 