KiaOra

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I am Choctaw/Cherokee and a Fulbright Scholar. I am also an elder in Kalpulli Ehecatl, community of the wind, an Aztec dance group in the Mexica Red Tradition. I was in Aotearoa (New Zealand) to study Maori Language Revitalization and learning a lot. I have recently returned from visiting Scottish and Irish Gaelic revitalization efforts and currently live in Belize.

Monday, January 14, 2013

This is where I had tea and discussions about indigenous land rights.

I think we are south of Auckland. These folks are part of the iwi that originally had the land where Auckland now stands.

A marae in Auckland

Wharf at Auckland

My hostesses at the University of Auckland


Lecturing at the University of Canterbury

Kaikoura Beach

I visited with this group of Māori Anglican chaplains, discussing cultural aspects of mainstream healthcare and its resistance to indigenous beliefs and practices.

My office at the School of Māori and Indigenous Studies at the University of Canterbury.

Christchurch rebuilt its city centre shops with these packing crates, creating a new shopping center.