Maw-lukutinej / Let's Work Together: Recent Episodes
Brady Reid; Kelly Anne Butler; Ivan White Jr.; Justin Brake; Kelly Vodden; Arlene White
Maw-lukutinej is a Mi'kmaw phrase that means "let's work together". This podcast emerges at the intersection of university-community research relationships between Grenfell Campus, Memorial University in Corner Brook and Mi'kmaw communities in the Bay St. George Region on the island of Ktaqmkuk (Newfoundland). ********** SERIES ONE is set as a conversational discussion over a cup of tea with presenters Brady Reid, Elder Calvin White, and Kelly Anne Butler. They mix personal stories with lessons learned from a collaborative research project with Flat Bay. Topics discussed include some history of Mi'kmaq in western Newfoundland, the establishment and registration process of the Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation, challenges faced by the community of Flat Bay and the Flat Bay Mi'kmaq Band, and important considerations and responsibilities for researchers working with Indigenous communities. Season one was created and hosted by Brady Reid; engineered and edited by Ivan J. White; produced by Dr. Kelly Vodden. Special thank you to guests Elder Calvin White and Kelly Anne Butler, and to Evan Butler and Pamela Gill for help! Artwork designed by Emily Critch. ********** SERIES TWO shares the journey of a series of knowledge-sharing symposia hosted in collaboration between Grenfell Campus' Office of Research and Graduate Studies, the Bay St. George Mi'kmaw Cultural Revival Committee, and the Indigenous Resource Centre at Grenfell Campus. In this season, hosts Kelly Vodden, Arlene White, Kelly Anne Butler and Brady Reid bring us through some of the key themes that emerged throughout the symposia, with several episodes presenting snippets of sessions. Speakers include Elder Calvin White, Stephen Decker, Raymond Thomas, Ivan White Jr., Ivan White Sr., and Hilding Neilsen. Topics include Indigenous knowledge systems and perspectives in the natural sciences, supervising graduate students doing collaborative work, building effective research relationships and more. ********** SERIES THREE is a conversation around Justin Brake's recent article on The Ethics of Exploring Indigenous Identity, in issue 80 of Maisonneuve: "Learning of his Mi'kmaw ancestry came as a surprise to Justin Brake, who always considered himself a Newfoundlander. What might it mean, he asks, to ethically explore the question of his identity?" Link to article: https://maisonneuve.org/article/2021/06/29/ktaqmkuk/ ********** Series 2 and 3 podcast producer, Ivan J White. Podcast theme "Für Kelly Anne" written and recorded by Ivan J White. ********** Funding for the overall Maw-lukutinej project came to us through the Memorial University Office of Public Engagement Accelerator Fund. First symposium funded through Scholarship in the Arts at Grenfell Campus.
Hello and welcome to the MAW-LUKUTINEJ PODCAST. Maw-lukutinej is a Mi'kmaw phrase that means let's work together. Series three of this podcast is a discussion that focuses primarily on a recent article by Justin Brake, exploring the ethics of Indigenous ancestry and claiming Indigenous identity.
In this episode, Justin, Ivan J, and I discuss the persistence of the Mi’kmaw mercenary myth, the Indian Act, and the Qalipu enrollment process.
Thanks for listening.
Hello and welcome to the MAW-LUKUTINEJ PODCAST. Maw-lukutinej is a Mi'kmaw phrase that means let's work together. Series three of this podcast is a discussion that focuses primarily on a recent article by Justin Brake, exploring the ethics of Indigenous ancestry and claiming Indigenous identity.
In this episode, we discuss consultation, Indigenous lens, and the history of government relations with Indigenous Peoples.
Thanks for listening.
Hello and welcome to the MAW-LUKUTINEJ PODCAST. Maw-lukutinej is a Mi'kmaw phrase that means let's work together. Series three of this podcast is a discussion that focuses primarily on a recent article by Justin Brake, exploring the ethics of Indigenous ancestry and claiming Indigenous identity.
In this episode, we share our respective positionality within the context of the federal enrolment process, and discuss individual versus collective identity.
Thanks for listening.
Hello and welcome to the MAW-LUKUTINEJ PODCAST. Maw-lukutinej is a Mi'kmaw phrase that means let's work together. Series three of this podcast is a discussion that focuses primarily on a recent article by Justin Brake, exploring the ethics of Indigenous ancestry and claiming Indigenous identity.
In this episode, Justin Brake, Ivan J White, and Kelly Anne Butler introduce ourselves. We ask Justin to tell us a bit about how he came to write the article.
Thanks for listening.
Learning of his Mi’kmaw ancestry came as a surprise to Justin Brake, who always considered himself a Newfoundlander. What might it mean, he asks, to ethically explore the question of his identity?
Kelly Anne Butler and Ivan J White sit down with Justin Brake to discuss his article, titled KTAQMKUK, published in ISSUE 80 of Maisonneuve.
Read it HERE
Justin Brake is an independent journalist from Elmastukwek, Ktaqmkuk (Bay of Islands, Newfoundland) who currently lives and works on unceded Algonquin territory in Ottawa. A settler with Mi’kmaw ancestry, he centres his work on Indigenous rights and liberation, social justice, climate action and decolonization.
In this episode, we return to the conversation with myself, Arlene White, Kelly Vodden and Brady Reid to end this series. We discuss engaged research, who benefits, in what ways, and why it’s important to understand that a community has a choice to participate in ways that are in line with their own priorities and context.
In this episode, we return to the conversation with Dr. Thomas, Ivan White Sr., Ivan White Jr., and Brady Reid who continues to share Maw-lukutinej in practice.
In this episode, we meet dr. Raymond Thomas, an associate professor in the school of science and the environment at Grenfell Campus, Memorial University. Dr. Thomas is joined by Mi’kmaw guide Ivan White Sr., Ivan J. White Jr., and Brady Reid to discuss Maw-lukutinej in practice. Dr. Thomas and Ivan White Sr. collaborated to study lipids in the meat and antlers of locally-hunted caribou and moose.
In this episode, we continue to hear from Hilding and his insights as an interdisciplinary Mi’kmaw scientist.
In this episode, we meet Dr. Hilding Neilson, an interdisciplinary Mi’kmaw scientist working on astrophysics at the intersection of science, astronomy, and Indigenous knowledge.
In this episode, we meet Elder Dr. Calvin White who shares historical and contemporary collaborations with academics, the lasting effects, the knowledge gained and the importance of trust and empowerment of community.
We then meet Dr. Stephen Decker who explains how and why non-indigenous researchers and in particular graduate student supervisors can learn from students and/or communities to weave indigenous ways of knowing and being into academic methodology through collaborative projects.
In this episode, myself, Brady, Kelly V. and Arlene focus on relationships as living processes that make positive and mutually beneficial, reciprocal collaborations with indigenous communities.
In this episode, you will hear from me, Kelly Anne Butler, and meet Arlene White, Kelly Vodden, and Brady Reid. We introduce ourselves, who we are and what we do, as well as the meaning behind Maw-lukutinej.
The conversation continues in this episode as we get into some of the early days of relationship-building between Grenfell Campus and the community of Flat Bay. We discuss some important considerations for researchers working with Indigenous communities that are relevant before any major research activities begin.
Opening the series, this episodes introduces Brady Reid, the student researcher and host of the podcast, Elder Calvin White, Mi'kmaw rights advocate and co-investigator of the project, and Kelly Anne Butler, adjunct professor in the School of Arts and Social Science and Aboriginal Affairs Officer for Grenfell Campus.
In this final episode of the season, our conversation turns to some final thoughts regarding university-community relationships, and present the framework of "Two-Eyed Seeing" coined by Albert Marshall that informed the research work in Flat Bay.
In this episodes conversation we reflect on some responsibilities for researchers working with Indigenous communities, weighing the risk versus benefit for researchers and community collaborators working on a project together.
The conversation continues in this episode as we unpack the registration process for the Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation and identify some characteristics of what we call "contemporary colonialism" that persists in Western Newfoundland.
The conversation continues in this episode as we explore challenges faced by the community of Flat Bay that have resulted partly from the top-down structure of the Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation. We also discuss identity and values within the region of Western Newfoundland.
In this episode the conversation continues as we discuss "The Movement" for Mi'kmaw rights that began in the province following NL's confederation with Canada and the denial of the existence of Indigenous peoples in the new province. Elder White discusses what was named the "2002 Regime" as one of the original proposals for the foundation of the Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation that never fully materialized when the First Nation was recognized almost a decade later.