indigenous learning.

We learned through the course of this semester that Indigenous peoples have been consistently undermined in today’s modern media, and frequently face scrutiny that other communities, typically white, do not experience. Through many courses at TRU, these ideologies have shown me the value of learning about other communities and the discourse that follows the Indigenous communities, specifically when we look at media, media coverage, and media representation.

As an adult woman, I try and help break the stereotypes that people around me once used, and educate myself to be better not only for myself, but for future generations. I have tried to use my learning to teach the older generation of people around me the toxic culture by continuing to use these stereotypes. I teach them how harmful it is, and how important it is that we move that needle forward to be better to those that were here before us. I understand the importance of how we as white society need to be better about advocating for our Indigenous communities.

The piece that I have chosen to present was a group presentation for CMNS 2150: Collective and Connective Indigenous Voices. I chose this specific piece as it represents many of the ILOs that TRU asks us to achieve in the time of our learning. This piece and section represents: Indigenous Knowledges and Ways, and exploration.