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2014 (Creation)
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11 folders of textual records
8 DVD-Rs : 8 mp3 audio files
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Collection consists of consent forms, transcripts, and audio recordings relating to Dr. waaseyaa'sin Christine Sy's research for her doctoral dissertation, Following ininaahtigoog Home : Anishinaabeg Womxn iskigamiziganing, which "examines Anishinaabeg womxn’s relationship with the sugar bush during the spring harvest as a site of gendered nation-specific economic sovereignty."
Collection includes transcripts and audio recordings of conversations with Amy McCoy Sayers, Barbara Wall Potter, Gidigaa Migizi Doug Williams, James Whetung, Lewis Debassige, Makadebinesii'ikawe Tessa Reed, Mary Beaver, Mayingankwe Jacquie LaValley, Norma Corbiere, George Corbiere, Rick Beaver, and Wabanong Ikawe Charlene Loonfoot.
Individuals and their ancestors are from many places, including Ziinzaabaakwad Minis (Sugar Island), Potawatomi Nation, Curve Lake First Nation, Alderville First Nation, Batchewana First Nation, M'Chigeeng First Nation, Drummond Island, Manistique Michigan, Bawating (Sault Ste. Marie), Sagamok, and Keweenaw Bay.
Conversations focus on the culture of sugar bush practices, sugar bush stories, and the process of collection of maple sap and production of maple syrup. Participants share their own stories as well as those shared with them by ancestors and others. Conversations also cover many other topics, including community and family history, clan and family responsibilities, gender roles and gender fluidity, research methodologies, the impacts of colonialism and displacement, the forests and trees, food, muskrat camp, trapping, fishing, and various aspects of political and economic history.
[Quotation from dissertation abstract]
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Collection was donated to the Trent University Archives by Dr. waaseyaa'sin Christine Sy in August 2023.
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- Ojibwa
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Conversations are in both English and Anishinaabemowin.
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Recordings on DVD have also been copied for digital preservation and access.
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None. Consent forms all indicate that participants agreed to recordings and transcripts being transferred to the Trent University Archives for preservation and access. All material is open but not made freely available online. Contact the archives to arrange access.
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See also the resulting dissertation, "Following ininaahtigoog Home: Anishinaabeg Womxn iskigamiziganing": https://batadora.trentu.ca/objects/etd-699