About Me
Boozhoo, Aanii(n) kina weya. Moktthewenkwe ndezhenkas, Waawaashkesh ndoodem. Bodwewaadmii Anishinaabekwe miinwaa wemtigoozhikwe ndaa. Shishibaniyek debendagwes, Shawnee Oklahoma. Michi Saagig Anishinaabe aki indidaa.
Greetings my relatives. My Anishinaabe name is Moktthewenkwe. I am a mixed-ancestry Potawatomi woman of the Deer Clan, and an enrolled member of the federally recognized Citizen Potawatomi Nation of Shawnee, Oklahoma. I live and work in Treaty 20 (and Williams Treaty), the traditional territories of the Michi Saagiig Anishinaabe in Ontario, Canada. Northern New York State, the upper peninsula of Michigan and the San Francisco Bay area have been my homes. I am an Indigenous scholar with strong ties to the Great Lakes Basin.
My lived experience with cultural reclamation and remembering, learning Anishinaabemowin, gardening, paddling, education and engineering inspires my academic work in Indigenous environmental studies/sciences and Indigenous Knowledge. My teaching and research are focused on the privileging of Indigenous voices in the collaboration of mainstream science and Indigenous science.
Barbara Wall PhD
Associate Professor and Dual-Tradition Scholar
Trent University
Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies
Indigenous Environmental Studies and Sciences Program
Indigenous Studies PhD Program, Director of Studies
-Living and working in Treaty 20 (and Williams Treaty)-
-The traditional territories of the Michi Saagiig Anishinaabe-