INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE: ANCESTRAL LAND, SUSTAINABILITY, CHANGE AND RESISTANCE
Working with the above installation entitled Corn Blue Room by Tuscarora artist Jolene Rickard, write a 500 word essay in APA style that addresses the following:
1. The construction and design of the installation.
2. The potential meaning of the title ‘Corn Blue Room.’
3. The actual and symbolic role of corn in conveying Indigenous Knowledge;
3. Castellana’s three sources for Indigenous Knowledge: (1) traditional knowledge, (2) empirical knowledge, and (3) revealed spiritual knowledge.
Castellana, Marlene Brant (Mohawk). “Updating Aboriginal Traditions of Knowledge.” In Dei, George, et als., eds. Indigenous Knowledges in Global Contexts: Multiple Readings of Our World. Chapter 1. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (2008 Reprint): 21-36.
