Here, Leanne asserts that reconciliation has to be grounded in political resurgence and has to support the regeneration of Indigenous languages, traditions of governance, and oral cultures. A lot of people promote Reconciliation as a “new” way for Canada to be able to relate to Indigenous People. “Dancing on Our Turtle’s Back” is a non-fiction book that was released in the year 2011. Even though her parents still reside in Wingham, Leanne lives in Peterborough. Leanne was born in the year 1971 and raised in Wingham, Ontario, by Diane Simpson (her Nishnaabeg mom) and Barry Simpson, her dad of Scottish ancestry. She is also a musician that combines storytelling, song-writing, poetry, and performance in collaboration with musicians in order to create some unique spoken songs and soundscapes. Thomas King named her the RBC Taylor Emerging Writer in the year 2014, and that same year, her article “Land as Pedagogy” won the ‘Most thought-provoking’ award in Native and Indigenous Studies. “As We Have Always Done” was given Best Subsequent Book by the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association. “This Accident of Being Lost”, which won the MacEwan University Book of the Year, and was called a best book of the year by Quill & Quire, Globe and Mail, and the National Post.

She has a PhD from the University of Manitoba, and teaches at the Dechinta Centre for Research & Learning in Denendeh. She has twenty years experience with Indigenous land based education. Working for two decades as an independent scholar using Nishnaabeg intellectual practices, she has taught and lectured at universities extensively across the United States and Canada. Her work breaks open the intersections story, politics, and song-bringing some audiences into a layered and rich world of sovereign creativity, light, and sound. She is a member of Alderville First Nation. CNN Sans ™ & © 2016 Cable News Network.Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is a renowned Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg scholar, artist, and writer, that has been widely recognized as one of the most compelling Indigenous voices of her generation. Market holidays and trading hours provided by Copp Clark Limited. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices Copyright S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and/or its affiliates. Standard & Poor’s and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Chicago Mercantile: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. US market indices are shown in real time, except for the S&P 500 which is refreshed every two minutes. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account

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