Around the Kitchen Table

Laura Forsythe, PhD, is a Michif Assistant Professor at the University of Winnipeg in the Faculty of Education. Forsythe's research focus is Métis-specific contributions to the academy, Métis inclusion efforts, Métis research methodologies, and educational sovereignty. She is also the elected Bison Local Chairperson of the Manitoba Metis Federation. Jennifer Markides, PhD, is a member of the Métis Nation of Alberta, Assistant Professor in both the Werklund School of Education and the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary, and SSHRC Tier II Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Youth Well-Being and Education. Her research centers community-based partnerships that prioritize the goals, dreams, needs, and interests of Indigenous youth.

Contributors
Foreword by Maria Campbell
The Work of Métis Women: An Introduction – Jennifer Markides
Part One: Identity
1. Brown Names – Marilyn Dumont
2. We Know Ourselves – Lisa Shepherd
3. Kaa-waakohtoochik: The Ones Who Are Related to Each Other – Vicki Bouvier
4. The Roots Always Remain: Reconnecting to Our Communities in the Twenty-First Century – Angie Tucker
5. For the Love of Place―Not Just Any Place: Selected Metis Writings – Emma Larocque
6. Coming Home through Métis Research – Allyson Stevenson
7. Valuing Métis Identity in the Prairies through a “5 R” Lens: Our Digital Storytelling Journey – Chelsea Gabel and Amanda LaVallee
8. Prenatal/Postpartum Ceremonies and Parenting as Michif Self-Determination – Chantal Fiola
9. Medicine Women – Jennifer Adese
10. Lii Michif – Lisa Shepherd
Part Two: Women in the Academy
11. Metis Women as Contributors to the Academy Despite Colonial Patriarchy – Laura Forsythe
12. Connecting to Our Ancestors Through Archaeology: Stories of Three Métis Women Academics – Kisha Supernant, Dawn Wambold, and Emily Haines
13. Métis Women Educating in the Academy – Yvonne Poitras Pratt and Jennifer Markides
14. Structural and Lateral Violence Toward Metis Women in the Academy – Lynn Lavallee
15. Following our Aunties, Walking with our Sisters, and Foraging for our Nieces: Metis Mentorship-Building and Space-Making – Kiera Kowalski, Alexandra Nychuk, and Ashley Hayward
Part Three: Research Methodology
16. Métis Research and Relationality: Auntie Governance, the Visiting Way, and Kitchen Table Reflections – Kirsten Lindquist, Shalene Jobin, Avery Letendre
17. Lii Taab di Faam Michif/Metis Women’s Kitchen Table: Practicing Our Sovereignty – Cindy Gaudet, Angela Rancourt, and Graham Andrews
18. Wahkotowin: An Approach to Indigenous (Land-Based) Education – Nicki Ferland
19. Kaa-natoonamaan taanshi chi-ishi-natoonikeeyaan: My Search for how to Research Things (in a Queer Métis paradigm) – Lucy Fowler
20. Differentiating Métis Feminism – Robline Davey
21. Celebrating the Wisdom of Our Métis Matriarchs: Sewing Our Wellness All Together--Kood Toot Aansamb – Leah Dorion, Janice Cindy Gaudet, Hannah Bouvier
22. if the land could speak – Rita Bouvier
Bibliography
Art – Christi Belcourt