Join Dr. Daniel Voth (Métis) from the University of Calgary for a discussion of the ways Indigenous peoples have and continue to use relationships with the land, water, and non-human animals to shape how we live with each other, and with those who are different from us. The talk will explore recent case study research on gardening as a key component of Indigenous community transformation, the effort to return Bison or Buffalo to the land, and the laws that emerge from relational hunting practices. The talk will conclude with a discussion of what this means for us as individuals and our society.
Dr. Daniel Voth is a member of the Métis Nation of the Red River Valley, descended from a well-respected family of buffalo hunters who lived in Red River while traveling the length and breadth of the northern plains. He was born, raised, and educated near his family’s scrip land in the inner city of Winnipeg. He completed his undergraduate degree in Politics at the University of Winnipeg in 2007. Between 2007 and 2008 he served as the lead intern in the Manitoba Legislative Assembly Internship Program where he wrote speeches and researched for both executive council and government members of the legislative assembly. His doctoral research examined the political and decolonizing relationships between Métis the other Indigenous peoples in Manitoba. Using the work of Métis scholar and activist Howard Adams, he argued that fractious and uncomfortable political relationships can foster a broad inter-Indigenous decolonizing politics. He is a member of the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary in the territory of Treaty 7 peoples.