RAIC Journal: The State of Indigenous Architecture in Canada
The drawing on the right represents the amalgamation of two Indigenous cultures, Ojibway and Maori, and their shared experience of spirit and mana, or spiritual power and presence.The seven stars represent the Pleiades star cluster and also the seven stones used in the sweat lodge ceremony. The pieces falling from the sky form a traditional sweat lodge, a sacred architectural structure. An Ojibway woman receives these teachings in front of a waka (Maori for canoe), an expression of Maori identity. Cheyenne Thomas, a Winnipeg designer, is a graduate of the University of Manitoba?s environmental design program, and a member of Peguis First Nation in Manitoba.
In spite of several hundred years of difficult challenges that include culturally destructive colonial strategies, many Indigenous communities are experiencing a period of self-actualized revitalization whereby culture is openly celebrated and outwardly presented. This is apparent through art, language and tradition, all manifested through a number of community facets, including architecture?the subject of the RAIC International Indigenous Architecture and Design Symposium being held in Ottawa on May 27. The symposium brings together some of the architects practicing within the Indigenous landscape, be it in what are now known as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, or elsewhere. During 20 years of traveling to over 250 Indigenous communities, I have observed a clear and accelerating shift toward what might be called the ? ta...
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