Muses From The North

Nateshia Constant-Personius Tansi, good afternoon and welcome.  My name is Nateshia Constant-Personius, and my spirit name is Redwing Brown Eagle Woman. I am the daughter of Derek and Linda Constant. I grew up in Opaskwayak Cree Nation. I am the first generation on my dad’s side and the second generation on my mom’s side of…

Andreas Jeske White picket fences, neatly manicured lawns, and streets that run in straight lines:  wherever man seems to go, there is also an attempt to civilize the world that he is in.  Humanity seems to lust for order and seeks to impose its notion of this order on the world.  As people come together,…

Kelly Laybolt Enduring colonial processes caused an extreme amount of contention between Indigenous people and European colonists in the late 19th as well as 20th centuries. This contention caused several conflicts between both parties and led to many tragic events throughout North America’s history. Like other authors of her time, Sophie Alice Callahan, a Muskogee…

Janice Muskego Interview with Cameron Stanley Francois was conducted on December 21, 2022, at 5:30 pm. Tansi! My name is Janice Muskego. I am Cree from Pimicikamak First Nation under Treaty 5 Territory. I am a first-year Bachelor of Arts Student at Thompson Campus, University College of the North. I am a single mother to…

Sarah Brown Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) is an issue that has been plaguing Canada since colonization, worsening dramatically with the arrival of European women in the late eighteenth century (Voyageur, 2016, pg. 16-17). Violence targeting Indigenous women in Canada has been a significant concern both in government as well as amongst…

Chadwin Scatch           On October 28, 2022, I completed an interview with my grandpa, Brian Rowden Sr., whom I had not known well enough to connect my life with before this interview. Unlike most of the lucky children who spent lots of time with their grandparents, I had never spent much time with my maternal…

Kelly Laybolt Re-evaluating current Indigenous social issues from a historical viewpoint has been an integral part of the Truth and Reconciliation process because it has changed the narrative of Indigenous social issues since the 19th century as well as the Eurocentric perceptions of Indigenous people and their culture. As a university student, I have taken…

Shaila Moodie Northern Canada was created around 1867-1870. Since then, there have been various conflicts, mostly between races. The overriding theme of this portfolio is the clashes between the Aboriginal society and non-aboriginal peoples. I have put together twelve items in this article that showcase “The Conflicting North”. I will use examples from as early…

The residential school system has an extremely tumultuous history in Canada due to the multi-generational trauma that has been disseminated among Indigenous people. Since the conception of residential schools in the early 1800s, numerous generations of Indigenous people have been negatively affected by the trauma of being removed from their communities and the abuses that…

Nateshia Constant-Personius Poem 1 Take me back I am trying to sleep, it is quietSomething drops, boom!! What is itThe sound takes me backJust for a fewThat sound of that racketBut, who knew, boom!I am back, back in that placeI cry and cry because of that hitI fight my mind more and some moreI run,…