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The hummingbird is all around us

I see the hummingbird everywhere. She is everywhere I turn – reminding me of this decolonizing journey and my commitments.

hummingbird #3: the feeling that I\'m the animals

Part 3

I didn’t have any cohesive images today. But juts a strong feeling that I could relate to the animals. Not jumping in and being helpful. But I do…

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Back and Forth

The little hummingbird flew back and forth to the fire dropping one bead of water at a time.

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Layoffs

My manager was laid off suddenly, and it was quite shocking and a bit emotional. We were unsure of why this happened or if we were all going…

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Before/ After taking this Decolonizing Wellspring series. Worksheet PDF

For this activity you will need the Before/After worksheet A white gel pen A black marker pen loopy stickers Only one rule: Use at least one loopy sticker…

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Elder protocols

Here is an excellent PDF by the Alberta Teachers Association explaining Elder protocols (LINK)

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Put tobacco down first to request a teaching

It is appropriate to offer tobacco when asking for a song, an opening prayer, a teaching, Indigenous knowledge, or for advice. This should not replace remuneration or honoraria….

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Music playlist – I’ll be missing you –

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Music playlist – I”l fly away – Alan Jackson

Little hummingbird - Haida Art

Our co-created retelling of the Little Hummingbird

Interior Health – Cohort #1 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z7tqD36TQNHSNDmG8bZMahfQo9KBtfCJK2X0iWhqyKU/edit?usp=sharing

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Session #6 – What is in our garden today?

What is in our garden today?

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Think-place: now with full world map

I have expanded the “Think-place” prompt to include a map of the whole world.

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Session #5 – What’s in our garden today?

What’s in our garden today?

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Think place/ Place-thought

Attached is the Think place/Place-thought worksheet PDF Think-place “Settler people settle … Settler identities become rooted in particular places. Land … refers to something akin to “place” (p….

UN-settling lab – Garden (agenda) slides

Here are the “Decolonize First and UN-settling Lab Gardens (Agendas)” slides with permission to copy and use. LINK

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Indigenous Canada – Free 12-week course

Begins Nov 15, 2022 offered by the University of Alberta LINK About this Course. Indigenous Canada is a 12-lesson Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from the Faculty of…

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Decolonizing stories, pre-cognitive filters and bias

“The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.” ― Muriel Rukeyser   “It is the spirit of story that moves through the world of being …” – Wilson, Breen, &…

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You carry Mother Earth within you.

“You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment. In that insight of inter-being, it is possible to…

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A Locally Situated Land-based Indigenous Writing & Pedagogy Guide

Envisioning an academic writing experience that centers Indigenous epistemologies, pedagogies, and cosmologies that conceptualize relationshipto the land, while drawing upon insights into these topics from local syilx perspectives….

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Sue Big Oil – Following Hummingbird’s example

Here is one way you can do your “one drop at a time” hummingbird practice. Suing Big Oil for damages caused by fossil fuel — one person at…