Chelsea Vowel is a Métis language instructor at the University of Alberta. In her blog – âpihtawikosisân – which is the Cree work for Métis, she writes about Indigenous issues from a Métis perspective. One section of her website titled Indigenous Issues 101 has multiple resources related to Myths or Misunderstandings (articles include: An Explanation of Indian Status and The wandering nomad myth) and Historic and Continuing Injustice (articles include: First Nations farming in the Prairies and High Arctic Relocations).
In a blog post from 2016, Beyond territorial acknowledgments, she addresses the purpose, best practices and going beyond the territorial or land acknowledgment. She believes they can be transformative only if they cause discomfort for the audience and speaker. They need to address “what needs to be done once we’re ‘aware of Indigenous presence’. It requires that we remain uncomfortable, and it means making concrete, disruptive change.” (Vowel, 2016).
Vowel, Chelsea (âpihtawikosisân). (2016, September 23). Beyond territorial acknowledgments. âpihtawikosisân: Law. Language. Culture [blog]. https://apihtawikosisan.com/2016/09/beyond-territorial-acknowledgments/