Aaron Prosper

"I am the Indian, and the burden, lies yet with me." - Rita Joe

Looking forward to this project with @NSCADUniversity and Treaty Space Gallery ☺️ Everyone welcome! Free to all in the public! Feb 4th to 14th - NSCAD Treaty Space Gallery (1887 Granville St, Halifax, NS) Opening reception: Feb 3rd @ 5:30pm

@KimTallBear Programs aside, I included a ‘relevance’ mark to my grade schemes this past term and it was quite positive! Finding ways to deter students from pan-Indigenizing their assignments and/or self-Indigenization. I found it effective!

@KimTallBear Maybe value in having Nation-specific programs? Cape Breton University is really the only place in Atlantic Canada, where they have a Mi’kmaw Studies program (instead of Indigenous Studies). And the scholarly work from the institution is almost always Mi’kmaw-based because of it.

That's my dad!!

Funny thing is, it came up as a Google scholar notification. But @UCalgary has either removed the entire publication or put it behind a firewall. Only the synopsis is available.

In today’s Eastern Métis/Pretendian news….we have the co-opting of a Mi’kmaw concept (Msɨt No’kmaq) to perpetuate the idea of Metissage or Eastern Métis in the Maritimes. “Process of creating my metissage”…..this was a new one friends 😲

I'm anticipating a mixed reaction to this one (no pun intended, I promise) - now open access. Thanks @CJPS_RCSP Currents Section for such a rapid and straight forward publishing process. cup.org/3NT7Qet

@KimTallBear @Anthony_J_Perry @erikatwurth @bluefancyshawl @KimTallBear definitely some interesting studies to be done for sure! 'What motivates white ppl to claim ancestry to a particular nation(s) over others?' - would make a great start to a thesis

@KimTallBear @Anthony_J_Perry @erikatwurth @bluefancyshawl But on 2nd thought, this is likely the common theme for all of our nations. Would be great if @UCBerkeley or @BrownUniversity invited an actual Mi'kmaw scholar to their schools. For me, the status quo apologies just aren't enough anymore.

@KimTallBear @Anthony_J_Perry @erikatwurth @bluefancyshawl @KimTallBear I don't know if this is my own confirmation bias here. But I can't help but feel that a majority of pretendians tend to lay claim to being Mi'kmaq. All while narratives on Mi'kmaw identity from actual Mi'kmaw people, seem to get left out in the national discourse.

@NativeApprops Maybe some confirmation bias on my part. But always hard not to feel that this is a consistent trend.

@NativeApprops Thank you for your work! As a Mi'kmaw academic, what is upsetting is that it seems to be consistent that many pretendians claim to be Mi'kmaq. But what we Mi'kmaq actually believe when it comes to our identity often gets left out of the national discourse.

This is wild…..

As we refine #recontact practices in clinical genetics the (in)equity implications of a shared model of responsibility must be considered. The current model is falling short--potentially failing those that could need it most. Our thoughts in @ejhg_journal: rdcu.be/c8gId

4. Lastly, we need to normalize the fact that Indigenous-based faculty positions can remain vacant for long periods of time. Doesn’t mean there isn’t a talent pool. It’s more of a sign that your institution need to put in more work to build partnership w/ Indig. communities.

4. Fairly confident that if universities in Mi’kma’ki partnered with Mi’kmaw communities and legit Mi’kmaw scholars on their hires and programs. The pretindians would be weeded out by those L’nu you’ve partnered with. We know a Pretindian when we see one.

1. To me, the motivation of academia to bring pretindians in has a fairly clear root. Way too many Indig. ‘equity’ hires are rooted in a quota system. How? b/c academic admin almost always have to justify a need (Aka, you haven’t met the quota) for designation to be approved.