Project Theme: 

Theorizing and Transforming Indigenous Governance Systems

Living with Napi-Tahtaa: Piikani Water Relationships, Treaty 7, and the Oldman River

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University of British Columbia

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Michael Fabris

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None

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Project Description

The objective of this research is to develop an oral history project to study Piikani relationships with the Oldman River and examine how the Piikani Nation has attempted to protect these relationships. With its emphasis on the multifaceted relationships the Oldman River directly embodies, sustains, and structures for Piikani people, this project advances critical and local approaches to Indigenous relationality, as well as intergenerational knowledge transfer through the engagement of Piikani elders and activists.

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‍CAIR is an initiative housed at the University of Alberta that aims to support research projects that look to understand how Indigenous relationality contributes to knowledges and societies.  

CAIR is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
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Critical Approaches to Indigenous Relationality
‍c/o Faculty of Native Studies
2-31 Pembina Hall, University of Alberta
T6G 2H8
CANADA
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