Raising Spirit
The Raising Spirit Project
Raising Spirit is a collaborative transmedia project between the 免费福利资源在线看片 of Lethbridge鈥檚 Institute for Child and Youth Studies and dedicated to supporting Indigenous children and their families. This project has evolved from its beginning as a photo-elicitation project on local child-rearing values among Blackfoot families to include a digital storytelling library, as well as arts-based education and an exhibition. The project has included the training of middle-school, high-school, undergraduate, and graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the protocols of scholarly research and work with culturally significant land-based knowledge. In the spirit of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission鈥檚 calls to action (2015), Raising Spirit is built on reconciliation work between community and university, practitioner and scholar, Elder and the young, Indigenous and settler. The culmination of the project was the transfer of the digital storytelling library back to Opokaa鈥檚in, which coincided with the celebration of the project in the form of a public exhibition, Elders of the Future, at Lethbridge鈥檚 community art centre, Casa. The Raising Spirit project was supported by the Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network, PolicyWise for Children & Families, the Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta, and the 免费福利资源在线看片 of Lethbridge鈥檚 Office of Research and Innovation Services.
免费福利资源在线看片 Project Team: Dr. Jan Newberry, Dr. Kristine Alexander, Dr. Erin Spring, Amy Mack, Taylor Little Mustache, Tesla Heavy Runner, Hudson Eagle Bear, Jimmy Vielle, Deanne Provost, Jamie Lewis, Kaitlynn Weaver, Ashley Henrickson, Cecilia Reid.
Community Partner Team: Francis First Charger, Dr. Michelle Hogue, Tanya Pace Crosschild, Edna Bad Eagle, Opokaa鈥檚in Staff and Families.
View the Digital Storytelling Library here:
Photo credit: Opokaa'sin (left), Erin Spring (mid), Tesla Heavy Runner (right)
鈥淩aising Spirit鈥 in the News:
Raising Spirit on the I-CYS Podcast, November 25, 2017: http://www.uleth.ca/research/centres-institutes/institute-child-and-youth-studies/i-cys-podcast/#ep04pt1
Blackfoot child rearing part of cultural exhibit at Casa, September 27, 2017:
Elders of the Future Exhibit, September 9 - October 21, 2017: http://www.uleth.ca/research/centres-institutes/institute-child-and-youth-studies/elders-future-exhibit
Raising Spirit project receives Canada 150 grant, February 22, 2017:
NEOS Highlights鈥擱aising Spirit and Decolonizing Methods, November 7, 2016: Link to article here:
Building rapport key to success of the Raising Spirit project, August 19, 2016:
Raising Spirit: the Opokaa鈥檚in Digital Storytelling Project in BILDLIDA (Belonging, Identity, Language, Diversity Research Group [BILD]/Groupe de Recherche Langage, Identit茅, Diversit茅, Appartenance [LIDA]), March 29, 2016:
Raising Spirit: The Opokaa'sin Digital Storytelling Project Photo Exhibit, March 15 - March 22, 2017:
Blackfoot culture and identity explored in joint project between Opokaa'sin and U of L institute, March 11, 2016:
The Raising Spirit Project: Early Days: http://www.uleth.ca/research/centres-institutes/institute-child-and-youth-studies/raising-spirit-opokaasin-digital-childrens-library
