CBIS lecture by Haida Manga author Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas - Tuesday, October 29
Catherine Labio
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Please find below and in the attached flyer information on the lecture Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas will deliver next Tuesday, October 29th at 5 pm (reception at 4:30 pm).
The Center for British & Irish Studies is proud to present
"Reconciliation Is Not Revenge, or,
What Is the Sound Made by a Roaring Mouse?"
A guest lecture by award-winning artist and Haida Manga author
Tuesday, October 29th, 2024, 5 pm
(Reception 4:30 - 5:00 pm)
Center for British & Irish Studies Room,
Norlin Library, M549, University of Colorado Boulder
Abstract
In 1867 Canada was formally established through a Constitution as a nation state within the British Empire. In 2024, for the first time in history, a government adhered to the Canadian Constitutional dictate and formally withdrew sovereign claims to Crown title over Indigenous territories. Why, after 157 years and without a single gunshot, would a small Indigenous Nation secure such a unique victory? This talk will examine the strategies the Haida Nation applied and look at them through the lens of Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas’s art.
Speaker Biography
Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas is an award-winning visual contemporary artist, author and professional speaker, who grew up in the North Pacific coastal Nation of Haida Gwaii.
His artwork can be found at The British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the American Museum of Natural History, the Denver Art Museum, and the Humboldt Forum (Berlin). He has also authored 15 books and created the art form called "Haida Manga."
Free and open to the public. Campus Map. Contact email: cb...@colorado.edu.
