{"id":79558,"date":"2022-07-20T12:20:57","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T16:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=79558"},"modified":"2022-07-20T19:35:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T23:35:12","slug":"brocks-spirit-bear-receives-traditional-regalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2022\/07\/brocks-spirit-bear-receives-traditional-regalia\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock\u2019s Spirit Bear receives traditional regalia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brock\u2019s Reconciliation Ambearrister, meant to help further efforts of decolonization and reconciliation at the University, has received new traditional regalia as the next step in welcoming the Spirit Bear to the campus community.<\/p>\n

The Spirit Bear’s name, Entiohahath\u00e9’te \u2014 a Kanien\u2019keha (Mohawk) name that means \u201cthe path will be bright\u201d \u2014 was revealed in April<\/a> and reflects the bear\u2019s role at Brock.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Spirit Bear actualizes our strategic commitment to reconciliation, decolonization and Indigenization, grounding our actions in support of existing and future generations of Indigenous children,\u201d said Robyn Bourgeois, Acting Vice-Provost, Indigenous Engagement. \u201cThrough honouring our commitments to the Spirit Bear, we are walking our talk.\u201d<\/p>\n

Organizations that participate in the Reconciliation Ambearrister program must uphold several responsibilities, including dressing their Ambearrister in the traditional regalia of the local Indigenous people.<\/p>\n

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Brock University\u2019s Spirit Bear, Entiohahath\u00e9’te, in its women\u2019s regalia with (from left) Interim President Lynn Wells, Acting Vice-Provost, Indigenous Engagement Robyn Bourgeois and Assistant Professor of Education Stanley \u2018Bobby\u2019 Henry.<\/p><\/div>\n

Cheyanne Doxtador, a member of the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory community who has taught courses in Brock\u2019s Faculty of Education in the past, designed and made Entiohahath\u00e9’te’s traditional regalia by hand.<\/p>\n

Two prominent colours \u2014 orange and red \u2014 in Entiohahath\u00e9’te’s regalia hold great significance. The use of orange is a reminder of the effects of residential schools in Canada, while the use of red recognizes missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.<\/p>\n

Entiohahath\u00e9’te also has both women\u2019s and men\u2019s sets of traditional regalia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis earmarks that Entiohahathe’te embodies both energies: feminine and masculine,\u201d said Stanley \u2018Bobby\u2019 Henry, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education. \u201cIt represents a resurgence of Indigenous understanding of gender and the shift is still unfolding.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Henry, the Spirit Bear\u2019s presence on campus is a reminder that everyone in the University community is accountable to current Indigenous students and the Indigenous children who will attend Brock in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cEntiohahath\u00e9’te holds us accountable, ensuring that everyone at Brock takes\u00a0concrete actions to address social inequities Indigenous children face in contemporary time that extends beyond the University,\u201d said Henry, who is a member of the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory community.<\/p>\n

Henry led the project to name Brock\u2019s Ambearrister<\/a>. He worked with co-investigators Richard Mitchell, a Professor in Brock\u2019s Department of Child and Youth Studies, and Lyn Trudeau, an Instructor for Brock\u2019s Indigenous Educational Studies programs.<\/p>\n

The research team was guided by Hodinohsyo:ni\u2019 tradition and ways of knowing during the naming process. Entiohahath\u00e9’te was named by Kahentehtha Angela Elijah, a Clan Mother (a hereditary leader in the Hodinohsyo:ni\u2019 Confederacy).<\/p>\n

Entiohahath\u00e9’te\u2019s name was informed by consultations with members of the Brock community who were involved in bringing a Reconciliation Ambearrister to the University. The naming project was funded by Brock\u2019s inaugural Indigenous Research Grant<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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