Vancouver
Earlier this week I returned from Vancouver, after ten days. I had been in Vancouver to research Creation narratives (via Fulbright Funding), visit with Mohawk Scholar Taiaiake (Gerald) Alfred, and visit with folks at the Native American Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA).  The conversations were wonderful, inspiring, and so needed….

Yesterday I found myself wandering all over the University of British Columbia. I am here on research, and to visit another scholar from Haudenosaunee communities who lives out here; I am also going to attend NAISA at UBC. But I had some time to wander about UBC, and in…

New Logo:

If you’ve examined the new website, I have had three rapid fire entries that are now posted. I owe debts of acknowledgement to a lot of folks who’ve made this site what it is now. I again owe such a large debt of gratitude to Zak at 1…

Remembering my dad.

Yesterday was Father’s Day. I realized that I haven’t had the opportunity to wish a happy Father’s Day to my dad or grandpas in a very, very long time. Sometimes, I miss it and it hits me harder than I would expect. I think yesterday was one…

I am writing this a bit early, and while still on my Fulbright in Canada. My course at Brock took a lot of energy, and was both interesting and a bit of an adjustment on my end. The learning curve was more pronounced than I anticipated. The students were…

Driving towards sunrises, and coming home at sunset have long been a staple for me. My home seems a geographic anomaly in the sense that I appear to be two and half to three hours from all corners of New York. Even Rochester, Watertown, and Syracuse though only forty-five…

I am struck by the irony of watching American politics while abroad and by association the media, while I am developing a relationship with the community of Six Nations and people here in Canada. The days and weeks are flying by, and while I am writing, there is so…

Arrival and Creation
I arrived to Canada on January 6th, to begin teaching at Brock University, and start research on the Haudenosaunee Creation narrative as part of my Fulbright fellowship. I have been examining the Creation narratives in all their published forms since approximately 2005. I completed my dissertation, nearly…

The last twelve days have flown by me. I still feel like it was only a day or two ago Chloe and I crossed the border into Canada. I had hoped to post something here within the last twelve days, but prepping for course work, meeting with the class…

I have started and stopped several times on an entry, since my last blog months ago. The fall semester, dare I say a year, seemed to long and continually busy. There were a lot of adventures, some frustrations, and a little sadness—as there is for everyone. Perhaps what I…