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Activity 4

Decolonizing Calls to Action: fighting for our ecosystem, ᐃᔑᑭᔐᐧᐃᐧᐣ, ᐃᓇᑎᓯᐃᐧᐣ, ᒥᓇ ᑫᑌ ᐃᔑᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ (language, culture, and traditions)

Context

On Friday, September 27th, 2019, the Guelph Civic Museum hosted a launch for the opening of Into the Light: Eugenics and Education in Southern Ontario, an exhibition co-curated by Mona Stonefish, Peter Park, Dolleen Tisawii’ashii Manning, Evadne Kelly, Seika Boye, and Sky Stonefish. At this event, Mona Stonefish publicly shared her story.

Mona Stonefish has chosen to share her story in this module. Her story is presented in four portions. Each portion of her story begins an Activity. The following video shows the final portion of her story. To view Mona Stonefish’s full story, click here.

Mona Stonefish’s Story - Calls to Action

Credits | Transcript | ASL Content Alert

Captioned and ASL Interpreted Video
Described Video Introduction
Described Video

ᑲᑕᐸᓯᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᑕᐧ ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᑎᑯᒥᐣ. ᔕᑯᐨ ᑭᐃᐧᒋᑲᐸᐃᐧᑕᑎᒥᐣ. ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᓂᓂᑯ ᑲᐃᓇᔕᑫᐊᐧᐨ. ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᓂᓂᑯ ᑲᐊᐱᑎᓯᐊᐧᐨ, ᑲᐃᓂᑭᓂᐊᐧᐨ, ᐁᑲ ᑲᑭᐊᔭᒥᐊᐧᐨ, ᐁᑲ ᑲᐊᐧᐱᐊᐧᐨ. ᓂᐃᐧᒋᑲᐸᐃᐧᑕᑎᒥᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐣᑲᓂᒪᒪᐃᐧ ᒪᒋᑲᐸᐃᐧᒥᐣ. They call us marginalized women. But we stand together. Women of all colours. Women of all shapes, all sizes, non-verbal, blind. We're together and we're going to move forward together.

ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐣᑐᒋᑲᐡᑭᑐᓯᐣ ᒋᓂᑕᐊᔭᒥᔭᐣ ᐸᓂᒪ 20 ᑲᑕᓱᔭᑭᐃᐧᓀᔭᐣ ᐊᓂᐡ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒋᒪᒪᓂᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑭᐃᔑᒋᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐃᒪ ᒧᐦᐊᐧᐠ ᑭᑭᓄᒪᑎᑲᒥᑯᐠ. I wasn't able to speak ‘til I was 20-years old because of the heinous crimes that took place at Mohawk Institute at The Mush Hole.

ᐁᑲᐧ ᓄᑯᑦ ᑲᑭᔑᑲᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑭ ᑭᐱᑎᓂᔑᓯᐣ ᒋᐳᓀᐧᐁᐧᑐᔭᐣ. ᐣᑭᒋᓀᑕᐣ ᑕᐡ ᐁᐃᐧᑕᒪᐣ ᓂᐣ ᐯᔑᐠ ᐁᐱᒥᐊᓱᐡᑭᑫᑕᒪᑫᔭᐣ ᐅᒪ ᐃᓇᑲᓀᓯᐃᐧᓂᐠ But you can't shut me up today. And I'm very proud to say that because I am one of the backbones of our nation. ~ Mona Stonefish

Six stones creating a path float over a looped background video of water rippling. The following links are revealed when one hovers their cursor over their corresponding stone. Six stones creating a path float over a looped background video of water rippling. The following links are revealed when one hovers their cursor over their corresponding stone. Six stones creating a path float over a looped background video of water rippling. The following links are positioned over their corresponding stone.
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Braiding the Strands
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Widening the Story – Artifact 1
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Widening the Story – Artifact 2
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Braiding and Weaving in More Strands
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Land-based Care Activity
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Deeper Reflections
Footnotes

  1. Video Credits

    ASL:

    Dominique Ireland (Deaf Interpreter, Connect Interpreting Services), and Debbie Parliament (ASL-English Interpreter, Connect Interpreting Services). ASL video overlay by Aaron Kelly.

    Described Video:

    Writing/ dramaturgy: Kat Germain, Rebecca Singh, Jennifer Brethour

    Consultations: Melanie Marsden, Melissa George-Watson

    Voice Actors: Elder Glenda Klassen, Christine Malec, Colette Desjardins, Scotty Yams

    Sound Engineer: David Stinson

    Slide Credits:

    This project has been generously funded by eCampusOntario (ID # GUEL - 564) and University of Guelph’s Learning Enhancement Fund. Ontario Commons Licensing-Non Derivative. Speaker is Mona Stonefish. Original Videographer Angus McClellen. Original Score by Angus McClellen. Video Edited by Hannah Fowlie.

    Logos:

    Toaster Lab, ReVisioning Fitness, eCampusOntario, Bodies in Translation: Activist Art, Technology, and Access to Life, Guelph Museums, Respecting Rights, Creative Users Projects, ARCH Disability Law Centre, University of Guelph, Re•Vision: The Centre for Art and Social Justice.

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