Neos highlights—Raising Spirit and Decolonizing Methods

On a clear prairie day this August, I found myself sitting at the Board of Education of the Piikani Nation listening to two staffers respond to photographs of Blackfoot families engaged in childrearing. The photos had been taken by parents associated with Opokaa’sin Early Intervention Society, a non-profit devoted to Aboriginal children and families in southern Alberta….

Following the final report of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a team of researchers at University of Lethbridge re-imagines their research goals to focus on decolonizing methods. Read more by Kristine Alexander, Amy Mack, Jan Newberry, and Erin Spring on pp. 5-6 of the October 2016 issue of Neos.