How have Indigenous Peoples of the Great Lakes region experienced education?
A new documentary featuring students, staff and graduates of Western’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities collected the voices of Indigenous People from many backgrounds to answer that question.
The film N’Satung, which premieres Oct. 22 at the Forest City Film Festival, examines differences in the prevailing academic approach to education and the ways Indigenous Peoples understand the concepts of learning and knowledge.
Directed by former Western arts student Ogiima Keesis G’Nadjiwon, the documentary features Western graduate Summer Bressette, BA’01, BEd’13, and education professor Candace Brunette-Debassige. N’Satung was filmed by Greg de Souza, instructor of film studies and was produced by Laurence de Looze, professor of comparative literature in the department of languages and cultures. The film was underwritten primarily by a grant from the Indigenous Learning Fund pilot program through the Office of Indigenous Initiatives, and supported by Aara Suksi, associate professor of classical studies and director of the School for Advanced Studies in the Arts and Humanities; and PhD candidate Megan Sherritt, BA’02, MA’04, MA’17, PhD’22.
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- Candace Brunette-Debassige
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- Summer Bressette
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- Laurence de Looze
