Tag: First Nations

• Veterans Day 2015

  

  We have come to the time in the year’s changing that our thoughts turn to those who have fought on behalf of their countries. Mine turn to my father, uncles, cousins, and step-fathers. My father held the precarious position of being proud for his service in three wars, and being profoundly disturbed by, and suspicious…

  Michael Watson PhD

  November 8, 2015

  native american

  ceremony, First Nations, healing, Native American, Veterans

• We are Still Here

  

  This morning dawned warm and bright, with autumn’s colors seemingly more prevalent across the landscape than they were last evening. While today is forecast to be in the mid-seventies, there is talk of snow in the mountains by the weekend. Today is Columbus Day,  a good day to consider the history of European influence in…

  Michael Watson PhD

  October 12, 2015

  First Nations

  columbus day, First Nations, genocide, healing, Native American

• Conversing Identities

  The rains have finally returned, refreshing the Earth and spurring the trees into leaf change. Now, as seems to be the pattern following dry late summers, we carefully watch a hurricane as it moves close to the coast. I awoke a little after 6 this morning; the world was still dark, and rain drummed lightly…

  Michael Watson PhD

  September 30, 2015

  First Nations, native american, Stories, Teaching

  colonialism, First Nations, identity, Native American, stories

• IPTN: Making Room at the Table

  Last week we were at the International Playback Theatre Network (IPTN) conference in Montreal, where along with marvelous summer festivals, the city was discussing the Oka crisis of twenty-five years ago. In a very familiar conversation, Federal and provincial governments were heralding the great improvement in their relations with First Nations people, while many Indigenous…

  Michael Watson PhD

  July 16, 2015

  First Nations, Stories, Travel

  First Nations, IPTN, stories, teaching