top of page
MAR Talks: Reclaiming Powwow with Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane
MAR Talks: Reclaiming Powwow with Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane

Sun, Jan 17

|

Online Event

MAR Talks: Reclaiming Powwow with Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane

MAR Talks Canada sits down with Professor Author Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane to talk colonization, Powwow, and her journey of decolonization.

Registration is Closed
See other events

Time & Location

Jan 17, 2021, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. PST

Online Event

About the Event

Moms Against Racism Presents... Reclaiming Powwow: My Personal Decolonization Journey with Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane

Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane is an Anishinaabe dancer, educator, writer, artist and orator from Wiikwemkoong on Manitoulin Island, Ontario. Her grandparents, maternal and paternal, come from Wiikwemkoong. Her parents are residential school survivors. Karen is an Assistant Professor at Mount Royal University in the Treaty Seven region. She is cross-appointed to the Department of General Education, Office of Teaching and Learning, and the Department of Humanities–Indigenous Studies. She is also in completion of a PhD in Educational Policy Studies/Indigenous Peoples Education with the University of Alberta.

In 2020, Karen published her book Powwow: A Celebration through Song and Dance, an Orca Origins series title. Powwow is a celebration of Indigenous song and dance. It’s a journey through the history of powwow culture in North America, from its origins in colonization, the Indian Act and the Wild West shows of the…

Share This Event

MAR_CAN_Logos-vert-black.png

“It’s about leaving something better for our kids. That’s how we’ve always moved this country forward, by all of us coming together on behalf of our children, because they know it takes a village.” - Michelle Obama

Phone: 1 (778) 901-6757

Email: info@momsagainstracism.ca

Moms Against Racism (Canada) is a federally registered Non-Profit.

Get Monthly Updates

Thanks for submitting!

  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • TikTok
  • Twitter

© 2025 by Moms Against Racism Canada

bottom of page