Bedtime story

History: The Ojibwe and Ottawa Indians are members of a longstanding alliance also including the Potawatomi tribe. Called the Council of Three Fires, this alliance was a powerful one which clashed with the mi ghty Iroquois Confederacy and the Sioux, eventually getting the better of both. The Ojibwe people were less devastated by European epidemics than their densely-populated Algonquian cousinsContinue reading “Bedtime story”

Cultural Preservation with : #StoryTime

On This Day (5/2/1885): In 1885 the Battle of Cut Knife took place in Saskatchewan. The battle occurred when a small force of Cree and Assiniboine warriors were attacked by a flying column of mounted police, militia, and Canadian army regulars, as well as two 7-pounder field rifles and a Gatling gun. Despite overwhelming odds,Continue reading “Cultural Preservation with : #StoryTime”

COGNITIVE DISSONACE 2021

In the field of psychology, cognitive dissonance occurs when a person holds contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values, and is typically experienced as psychological stress when they participate in an action that goes against one or more of them. According to this theory, when two actions or ideas are not psychologically consistent with each other, peopleContinue reading “COGNITIVE DISSONACE 2021”